Stonebridge

Stonebridge (/stonebridge/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Esterbeach Dutchy, Kobian Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Stonebridge is derived from the Sylvin language, as Stonebridge was founded by Grivguis Austin Tozer Bason, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Stonebridge has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Stonebridge receives an average of 212 cm/y (83 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Stonebridge covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1742 m (5715 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Stonebridge was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1202, by Grivguis Austin Tozer Bason. The establishment of Stonebridge suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Stonebridge which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Stonebridge was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Stonebridge 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.

Stonebridge is buildings are speckled and packed arround narrow worn bedrock streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Stonebridge's size could have. The well-designed, yet cheep have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Right off the bat Stonebridge hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Stonebridge 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.

Stonebridge 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.

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

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

Stonebridge 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

Stonebridge's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Stonebridge most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Skinstitch near Stonebridge are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Stonebridge's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 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.

Stonebridge Census Data: Year 2000

325 of Stonebridge's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 73 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

685 of Stonebridge's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 75 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Stonebridge 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

Stonebridge used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Stonebridge.

The the a suit of scale armour of Illusion, an a suit of scale armour imbued with potent amounts of Illusion energies was created near Stevíhwèsh Se by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

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