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A not-so-sleepy village of germanic influence. Name translates to Clockwork Town.

Description

Nestled in the mountains lays Uhrwerkstadt, a village full of varied and skilled craftsmen. Simple architecture stands out with white plaster and exposed dark beams. Clocks and dials are a constant decoration adorned throughout the city. They are often worked into buildings, ranging simple paintings to animated cuckoos and everything in between imaginable. The surrounding area is forested with some sections of grassy plains offering beautiful views.

Zeithalle, the proper name of the Town Hall, lays at the center of town and is home to the ruling aristocrat. It is set on a large, round courtyard that holds an interesting secret that is hidden in plain sight and often overlooked, especially during busy events such as the Inventor’s Triumph. All along the border of the front courtyard are mathematically placed roman numerals and the steeple of Zeithalle serves as a gnomon, effectively making the entire front courtyard an accurate sundial.

The town's workers are very fond of using their hands to create and the most skilled have fashioned into existence wonderful items. For example, the finest articulated armor is often attributed to the workers of Uhrwerkstadt, and is so expertly crafted that it can often be used as a base for prosthesis. Their handy work brings them a great deal of pride (and money), but other work still exists such as the farming of goats, sheep, and cows and the mining of various ores and gems. Some of the best bakers call Uhrwerkstadt home, even though it is an extra expense to import ingredients that cannot be grown locally.

In contrast to the Capital, this is a far less busy locale with a deceptive population. The crowds are hardly anything resembling the actual amount of people, as most remain busy indoors with their projects. Others are out in the world at large to acquire materials, in order to sell them to the makers and crafters for their projects.

History

Uhrwerkstadt was established by Martin Klein, a Maestro that focused on craftsmen. As a guild that encompassed many Uhrwerkstadt had all the necessary people to create a town quickly and they took great pride in their work a millennia later by not changing the overall look of their quaint country town. Eventually the initial guild split into its own factions, with focuses on specific crafts, such as Smithing and Woodworking, whose power seemed to rise and fall in popularity as they fell in and out of necessity.

One guild in Uhrwerkstadt's recent (~50 years) history known as "Copper Heart" is noted for its handiwork in creating intricate mimicries of life as little clockwork creatures. They grew bolder to create larger machinations, fine puppets that took up entire warehouses which are still used today in the yearly parade that was named for them, the Inventor's Triumph. They would go on to create puppets out of articulated armor, and eventually with the aid of a mage-healer named Nitika created the first working prosthetic for a local woman who had lost her arm. This type of prosthetic is still used today with different shells from armor to wood and bone depending on the wearer's needs.

Eventually all guilds fell away to the power of the merchant guild. Some would say that they used their wealth to manipulate their way to the top, buying out the previous standing guild. Others would proclaim it makes sense that they would be considered to have more power as they could simply summon it up. Despite that, the control of the town by this guild has been rather fair.

Culture

Religion

Skaldic

Economy

Population

~10000

• Mixed Race

Main Exports

• Refined ores
• Metals
• Clocks
• Replacement Limbs