Stamfort

Stamfort (/stamfort/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Lorhedge Dutchy, Tifia County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Stamfort is derived from the Sylvin language, as Stamfort was founded by Roud Hendley, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Stamfort has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Stamfort receives an average of 142 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Stamfort covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4222 m (13851 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Stamfort was founded durring the late 10th century, by Roud Hendley. The establishment of Stamfort was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Roud Hendley struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Stamfort as a prison colony.

Stamfort was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Stamfort 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.

Stamfort is was constructed arround several broad flagstone 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 posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Astonishigly, the failry decent fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Stamfort has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Stamfort’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the town has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Stamfort 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.

Stamfort 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.

Stamfort has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

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

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

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

Stamfort 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.

Stamfort is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

One or more crime bosses have a powerful influence within Stamfort. They may control crime within the community itself, or they may use it simply as a safe haven from which to direct their minions elsewhere. Local law enforcement may know all about them, but lack the strength to confront them and their paid or intimidated henchmen.

Stamfort's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

In Stamfort 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 Digmaul near Stamfort are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Stamfort's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 via throat chanting.

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.

Stamfort Census Data: Year 2000

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

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 71 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

729 of Stamfort's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 32 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Stamfort's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Stamfort suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Stamfort. A small order of knights was founded in 's honor, and bears his name to this day.

History