Saltham

Saltham (/saltham / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Fallsea Dutchy, Poxeiquian County, within the Norwick Principality.

The name Saltham is derived from the Sylvin language, as Saltham was founded by Zlelë Brîbêrega Catchpole, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Saltham has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Saltham receives an average of 276 cm/y (108 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Saltham covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3558 m (11673 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Saltham was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1355, by Zlelë Brîbêrega Catchpole. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Zlelë Brîbêrega Catchpole.

Saltham was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Saltham 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.

Saltham is buildings are arranged arround a single narrow paverstone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The town lacks any defencive features, though certainly constructing even a simple fence or digging a ditch is at the forefront of the 's mind. At least, one would hope so.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Saltham , you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This town certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Saltham 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.

Saltham 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.

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

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

Saltham has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Saltham 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.

Cultural Notes

Two or more groups of citizens within Saltham hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Saltham 's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Saltham there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Cloud Dragon, Wyrmling near Saltham are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Saltham 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Saltham Census Data: Year 2000

328 of Saltham 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 73 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 55 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

677 of Saltham 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 87 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Saltham possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century an unusualy harsh winter spawned a deadly blizard to Saltham . The ice, snow, and wind killed 134 people, 220 livestock, and destroyed 41. The event is remembered as Terror's Breath.

History