Asker Castle

Asker Castle (/ˈæskər/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical City located in Havenmead Dutchy, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Asker Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Asker Castle was founded by Ra̋chīs Ga̋m 'Delux Bruna' Ermēs Séchvéch Vúrmé̄̌s Abbot, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Asker Castle has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 14°C (57°F). Asker Castle receives an average of 142 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Asker Castle covers an area of nearly 24 km² (9 mi²), and an average elevation of 4194 m (13759 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Asker Castle was founded durring the early 12th century in spring of the year 1106, by Ra̋chīs Ga̋m 'Delux Bruna' Ermēs Séchvéch Vúrmé̄̌s Abbot. The establishment of Asker Castle was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ra̋chīs Ga̋m 'Delux Bruna' Ermēs Séchvéch Vúrmé̄̌s Abbot struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Asker Castle as a prison colony.

Asker Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Asker Castle 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.

Asker Castle is buildings are arranged arround a single broad packed earth mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Astonishigly, the millitarily questionable fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Asker Castle has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Asker Castle ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Asker 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.

Asker 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.

Asker 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.

Asker 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.

Asker 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.

Asker 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.

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

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

Asker 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 Asker Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Asker 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.

Asker 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.

Asker 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.

Cultural Notes

Asker Castle's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is short in Asker Castle.

The Leopard (Cat, Great) near Asker Castle are known to be quite timid.

Asker Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Asker Castle Census Data: Year 2000

2131 of Asker Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 125 work in Agriculture
• 473 work as Craftsmen
• 177 work as Merchants
• 323 work as Service Workers
• 217 work as General Laborers
• 86 work as Skilled Laborers
• 319 work as Civil Servants
• 186 work in Cottage Industries
• 115 work as Artists
• 110 work in Produce Industries

3365 of Asker Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 350 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Asker Castle is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

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History

The the a mask of Invocation, an a mask imbued with potent amounts of Invocation energies was created near Asker Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History