Stopstewkog Se

Stopstewkog Se (Stopstew /kog/ [heaven; paradise] [joke; humor]) is a subtropical Town located in Spellbarrow Dutchy, Tarnàg Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Stopstewkog Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Stopstewkog Se was founded by Gèsi Lewis, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Stopstewkog Se has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Stopstewkog Se receives an average of 137 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Stopstewkog Se covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4640 m (15223 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Stopstewkog Se was founded durring the early 15th century in winter of the year 1422, by Gèsi Lewis. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Stopstewkog Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Stopstewkog Se 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.

Stopstewkog Se is is constructed arround a semi-circular broad worn bedrock mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The somewhat suffishent has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A quick look in any direction shows Stopstewkog Se 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. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Stopstewkog Se 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.

Stopstewkog Se has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Stopstewkog Se 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.

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

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

Stopstewkog Se 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 Stopstewkog Se 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.

Stopstewkog Se's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is inspired by the natural world, characterized by sinuous, sculptural, organic shapes, arches, curving lines, and sensual ornamentation. Common motifs included stylized versions of leaves, flowers, vines, insects, animals, and other natural elements. Decorative elements found on the inside and outside of buildings include intricate mosaic work, curved windows, and decorative trim work. .

In Stopstewkog Se the milk never sours.

The Herd Animal, Giraffe near Stopstewkog Se are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Stopstewkog Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 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.

Stopstewkog Se Census Data: Year 2000

317 of Stopstewkog Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 71 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 52 work as Service Workers
• 29 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 28 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

723 of Stopstewkog Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 21 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Stopstewkog Se's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Lake Mistake began to boil, and released a thick toxic cloud from beneath its waters which brought great calamity to the entire nation, killing every person and animal in its path which could not escape the cloud. Oddly, the plants of the region flourished in the years after the disaster. The disaster brought an end to people, livestock, and buildings. The disaster is referred to as the Torment Wind.

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