Blythe Castle

Blythe Castle (/blaɪð/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Beachdeer Dutchy, Midate Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Blythe Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Blythe Castle was founded by Có̄̄bó̄̌ Jó̄s 'Magic Jade' Cú̄y Ca̋nvé Ya̋chvó̄b Scotten, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Blythe Castle has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 2°C (35°F). Blythe Castle receives an average of 204 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Blythe Castle covers an area of nearly 58 km² (23 mi²), and an average elevation of 1930 m (6332 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Blythe Castle was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1105, by Có̄̄bó̄̌ Jó̄s 'Magic Jade' Cú̄y Ca̋nvé Ya̋chvó̄b Scotten. The establishment of Blythe Castle was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Blythe Castle's construction back out of the project. Có̄̄bó̄̌ Jó̄s 'Magic Jade' Cú̄y Ca̋nvé Ya̋chvó̄b Scotten pushed on reguardles, and Blythe Castle was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Blythe Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Blythe Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Blythe Castle is was constructed arround several narrow gravel mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Astonishigly, the exceptionaly well made fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Blythe 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 Blythe Castle ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The locals seem to have responded to their slow downfall by recreating Blythe Castle as one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which the city brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Blythe 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.

Blythe 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.

Blythe 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.

Blythe 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.

Blythe 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.

Blythe 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.

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

Blythe Castle has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Blythe 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. Blythe Castle's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

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

Blythe 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 Blythe Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Blythe 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.

Blythe 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.

Blythe 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

Blythe Castle's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Blythe Castle grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.

The Leshy, Poppy near Blythe Castle are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Blythe Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sex to channel Illusion energies of tier 1 via oratory performances.

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.

Blythe Castle Census Data: Year 2000

5217 of Blythe Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 322 work in Agriculture
• 1159 work as Craftsmen
• 419 work as Merchants
• 796 work as Service Workers
• 532 work as General Laborers
• 212 work as Skilled Laborers
• 761 work as Civil Servants
• 446 work in Cottage Industries
• 294 work as Artists
• 276 work in Produce Industries

7710 of Blythe Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 972 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Blythe Castle's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Blythe Castle suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

Blythe Castle is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

The the a pair of bracers of Conjuration, an a pair of bracers imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Biö Gri̽smëgumrëk Gri by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

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