Ocher Abbey

Ocher Abbey (/ˈɑkər ˈæbi/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Hollowshade Dutchy, Jiea Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Ocher Abbey is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ocher Abbey was founded by Kthêbê Zlkdshê Hoare, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Ocher Abbey has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Ocher Abbey receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ocher Abbey covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 6102 m (20019 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ocher Abbey was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1216, by Kthêbê Zlkdshê Hoare. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Ocher Abbey was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ocher Abbey is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Ocher Abbey is was constructed arround several spacious cobblestone mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Astonishigly, the frontieer-style defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A quick look in any direction shows Ocher Abbey is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live.

Civic Infrastructure

Ocher Abbey has an Office of Civil Groundskeeping, which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the construction and upkeep up of all plant life, water features, and other natural decorations within Ocher Abbey. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ocher Abbey's parks.

Ocher Abbey has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ocher Abbey.

Ocher Abbey has a Gravedigger's Guild, which is responsible for collecting the dead and laying them to rest according to all applicable laws and religious customs.

Ocher Abbey has a Highwayman's Guild, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

Ocher Abbey has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Ocher Abbey's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Ocher Abbey has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Ocher Abbey possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Ocher Abbey has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands. They are not to be confused with the Office of Civil Groundskeeping as they do not hold authority over nor responsibility for Ocher Abbey's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ocher Abbey has a public schooling program overseen by the Hall of Sages who has the responsibility of ensuring access to affordable high-quality education in all basic classes (Reading, Writing, Mathmatics, General Sciences, General Arcana, and Social Education) is made available to all citizens.

Ocher Abbey has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

Cultural Notes

Ocher Abbey's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Ocher Abbey rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Herd Animal, Elk (Megaloceros) near Ocher Abbey are known to be quite timid.

Ocher Abbey's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 2 via oratory performances.

Economy

The following information was obtained via the Imperial Census Bureau as part of the Eyom Economic Outreach Program. It differs from Standard Imperial censuses in that many of Tom's citizens, regardless of culture, work in more than one occupation or hold more than a single job. The Imperial Census Bureau has ruled that a job is a job, hence, the intigers within the data presented here can count an individual more than once.

Ocher Abbey Census Data: Year 2000

472 of Ocher Abbey's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 104 work as Craftsmen
• 37 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 66 work as Civil Servants
• 47 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

923 of Ocher Abbey's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 89 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ocher Abbey is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

The center of Ocher Abbey's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

The the a warship of Abjuration, an a warship imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Obu̹ Qàbâ by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History