Torre Tower

Torre Tower (/tɔr ˈtaʊər/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Town located in Híhtāun County, Magan Kingdom, within the Sylvanian Empire.

The name Torre Tower is derived from the Sylvin language, as Torre Tower was founded by Trthepí Êgêyêv Capron, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Torre Tower has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Torre Tower receives an average of 162 cm/y (63 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Torre Tower covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1682 m (5518 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Torre Tower was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1365, by Trthepí Êgêyêv Capron. 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 Trthepí Êgêyêv Capron.

Torre Tower was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Torre Tower 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.

Torre Tower is buildings are speckled and packed arround narrow cobblestone 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 humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The peasent-grade 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.

Even the most brief look arround Torre Tower has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The town is most certainly a god fearing community. It’s also definitely a god loving community. THe streetcornors are occupied by preachers, with the occasional intersection playing host to an actually friendly debate relating to the merits of various gods. Even the less popular as well as the less politically loved gods seem to have a space in Torre Tower, there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Torre Tower 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.

Torre Tower 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.

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

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

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

Torre Tower 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

Torre Tower's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in Torre Tower.

The Marsupial, Kangaroo near Torre Tower are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Torre Tower's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Torre Tower Census Data: Year 2000

333 of Torre Tower's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 57 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 48 work as Civil Servants
• 31 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

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

Points of Interest

Torre Tower is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

A vast influx of newcomers over the last (20760 % 6)+1 years has greatly spiked Torre Tower's population. They may have been drawn by economic opportunities, or fled some pursuing peril, or been forcibly moved there by a ruler who wanted to dilute the existing native cohesion. The natives may not have the resources or opportunities to integrate these newcomers, and it may be that the new population has no desire to stay longer than is necessary.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Torre Tower's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History