Brock Castle

Brock Castle (/brɑk/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Lightland Dutchy, Nuea Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Brock Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Brock Castle was founded by Goúi Coyle, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Brock Castle has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Brock Castle receives an average of 161 cm/y (63 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Brock Castle covers an area of nearly 139 km² (55 mi²), and an average elevation of 3474 m (11397 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Brock Castle was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1376, by Goúi Coyle. The establishment of Brock Castle suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Brock Castle which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Brock Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Brock 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.

Brock Castle is buildings are located arround a single spacious paverstone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. 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.

A look around Brock Castle gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Brock Castle can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Brock Castle places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Brock 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.

Brock 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.

Brock 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.

Brock 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.

Brock 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.

Brock 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.

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

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

Brock 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. Brock Castle's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Brock Castle possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Brock 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.

Brock 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 Brock Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Brock 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.

Brock 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.

Brock 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

Brock Castle's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

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

The Living Topiary near Brock Castle are known to be quite timid.

Brock Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via divine sermons.

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.

Brock Castle Census Data: Year 2000

12394 of Brock Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 720 work in Agriculture
• 2813 work as Craftsmen
• 990 work as Merchants
• 1863 work as Service Workers
• 1256 work as General Laborers
• 515 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1761 work as Civil Servants
• 1123 work in Cottage Industries
• 676 work as Artists
• 677 work in Produce Industries

19114 of Brock Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1312 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Brock Castle is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

The roads leading into Brock Castle possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Brock Castle was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Brock Castle. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Brock Castle lost 132 people, 152 livestock, and 40 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 83, when members of Brock Castle's militia enacted an operation to destroy a particular enemy powerful weapon. The operation was complicated by the officer in charge of Brock Castle's forces was incompetent, and issue many foolish and-or unprofessional orders. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a crushing defeat for Brock Castle's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Brock Castle's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History