Stairsk

Stairsk (/stairsk / [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Slijilzkuz̄ County, Midate Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Stairsk is derived from the Sylvin language, as Stairsk was founded by Ermb Bénḱ 'Riley Skye' Cawmē Ermérm Da̋nvē Addams, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Stairsk has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 3°C (37°F). Stairsk receives an average of 203 cm/y (79 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Stairsk covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4050 m (13287 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Stairsk was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1276, by Ermb Bénḱ 'Riley Skye' Cawmē Ermérm Da̋nvē Addams. The establishment of Stairsk was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Ermb Bénḱ 'Riley Skye' Cawmē Ermérm Da̋nvē Addams electing to pay people to resettle in Stairsk .

Stairsk was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Stairsk is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Stairsk is was constructed arround several narrow 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 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.

Stairsk is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. There’s a patern to the panic. It’s not easy to see, and no one quite agrees on what it is, but the locals know and operate under this pattern. It shapes everything they do, and you feel as if you’ve almost worked it out only for some small detail to devastate your theory every time you try and comprehend it.

Civic Infrastructure

Stairsk possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Stairsk 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 Stairsk . They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Stairsk 's parks.

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

Stairsk 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.

Stairsk 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.

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

Stairsk possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Town. Stairsk 's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Stairsk possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Stairsk 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 Stairsk 's natural decorations nor waterways.

Stairsk has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Stairsk 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Stairsk they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Stairsk 's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Stairsk the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Hungry Flesh near Stairsk are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Stairsk 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Stairsk Census Data: Year 2000

403 of Stairsk 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 86 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 67 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

877 of Stairsk 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 26 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Stairsk is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

The the a set of greaves of Elven High Magic, an a set of greaves imbued with potent amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created near Ss-26b Sìr Birěkhka by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History