Ampney Castle

Ampney Castle (/ampney/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Weian Region of the Tetburland.

The name Ampney Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ampney Castle was founded by Mlèbêm Youlden, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Ampney Castle has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Ampney Castle receives an average of 265 cm/y (104 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Ampney Castle covers an area of nearly 90 km² (36 mi²), and an average elevation of 3518 m (11541 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ampney Castle was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1297, by Mlèbêm Youlden. 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 Mlèbêm Youlden.

Ampney Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ampney Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Ampney Castle is buildings are arranged within a network of spacious paverstone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Ampney Castle weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The city's budget focused millitary grade defenses have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A quick look in any direction shows Ampney Castle 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 city live.

Civic Infrastructure

Ampney Castle possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Ampney Castle 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.

Ampney Castle 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.

Ampney Castle has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Ampney Castle 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.

Ampney Castle 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.

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

Ampney Castle has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Ampney Castle 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 Large City. Ampney Castle's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

Ampney Castle has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Ampney Castle has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Ampney Castle 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 Ampney Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ampney Castle 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.

Ampney Castle 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.

Ampney Castle 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.

Ampney Castle is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Ampney Castle 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.

Ampney Castle's town hall 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 Ampney Castle every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Almiraj near Ampney Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ampney Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Chronomancy 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.

Ampney Castle Census Data: Year 2000

7953 of Ampney Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 438 work in Agriculture
• 1765 work as Craftsmen
• 654 work as Merchants
• 1228 work as Service Workers
• 796 work as General Laborers
• 328 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1146 work as Civil Servants
• 737 work in Cottage Industries
• 434 work as Artists
• 427 work in Produce Industries

11503 of Ampney Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1691 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ampney Castle is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

POI

History

The the a coin of Summoning, an a coin imbued with notable amounts of Summoning energies was created in Ampney Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History