Wellhams Citidel

Wellhams Citidel (/wellhams/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small City located in Glassbourne Dutchy, Kobian Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Wellhams Citidel is derived from the Sylvin language, as Wellhams Citidel was founded by Tsheshê Stephens Fowler Pynchon, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Wellhams Citidel has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Wellhams Citidel receives an average of 247 cm/y (97 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Wellhams Citidel covers an area of nearly 8 km² (3 mi²), and an average elevation of 1046 m (3431 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wellhams Citidel was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1269, by Tsheshê Stephens Fowler Pynchon. The establishment of Wellhams Citidel was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Tsheshê Stephens Fowler Pynchon electing to pay people to resettle in Wellhams Citidel.

Wellhams Citidel was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wellhams Citidel is no diffrent. The city'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.

Wellhams Citidel is buildings folow an organic layout of crampt cobblestone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The brittle defences have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Wellhams Citidel 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 Wellhams Citidel’s streets. A look around Wellhams Citidel has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scutteling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Wellhams Citidel long.

Civic Infrastructure

Wellhams Citidel has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Wellhams Citidel has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Wellhams Citidel 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.

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

Wellhams Citidel 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.

Wellhams Citidel 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.

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

Wellhams Citidel 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 Small City. Wellhams Citidel's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Wellhams Citidel's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Wellhams Citidel 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 Wellhams Citidel's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wellhams Citidel 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.

Wellhams Citidel 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.

Wellhams Citidel has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

Cultural Notes

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Wellhams Citidel's town hall 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..

The Leaf Ray near Wellhams Citidel are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Wellhams Citidel's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Invocation 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.

Wellhams Citidel Census Data: Year 2000

701 of Wellhams Citidel's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 40 work in Agriculture
• 154 work as Craftsmen
• 56 work as Merchants
• 112 work as Service Workers
• 73 work as General Laborers
• 25 work as Skilled Laborers
• 102 work as Civil Servants
• 64 work in Cottage Industries
• 37 work as Artists
• 38 work in Produce Industries

1241 of Wellhams Citidel's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 123 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wellhams Citidel is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a dragon and brought its hoard to Wellhams Citidel, where it was shared with all. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History