Caen Castle

Caen Castle (/kæn/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small City located in Coredge Dutchy, Loqulate Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Caen Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Caen Castle was founded by Ýatsi Parr, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Caen Castle has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Caen Castle receives an average of 86 cm/y (33 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Caen Castle covers an area of nearly 19 km² (7 mi²), and an average elevation of 8978 m (-13494 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Caen Castle was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1332, by Ýatsi Parr. 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 Ýatsi Parr.

Caen Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Caen 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.

Caen Castle is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious packed earth streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a city of Caen Castle's size could have. Caen Castle's well-designed, yet cheep are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A look around Caen Castle is like a look into a broken heart which long ago fell to corruption. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need… unless of course, they would be an easy target for some robbery. The city has truly fallen to evil.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Caen 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.

Caen 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.

Caen 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.

Caen 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.

Caen 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.

Caen 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.

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

Caen 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 Small City. Caen Castle's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

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

Caen 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 Caen Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Caen 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.

Caen 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.

Caen 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

Caen Castle's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Caen Castle most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Ghoul near Caen Castle are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Caen Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Summoning energies of tier 2 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Caen Castle Census Data: Year 2000

1700 of Caen Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 93 work in Agriculture
• 380 work as Craftsmen
• 140 work as Merchants
• 270 work as Service Workers
• 171 work as General Laborers
• 67 work as Skilled Laborers
• 249 work as Civil Servants
• 150 work in Cottage Industries
• 91 work as Artists
• 89 work in Produce Industries

2719 of Caen Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 232 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Caen Castle's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Castor Mountain, an iconic vista located neare Caen Castle, proved to be volcanic when the mountain erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Caen Castle, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Caen Castle lost 240 people, 199 livestock, and 88 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Calamity's Wrath.

History