Eamont Castle

Eamont Castle (/eamont/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical City located in the Gumada Provence of the Hobben.

The name Eamont Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Eamont Castle was founded by Thrigga Glasby, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Eamont Castle has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Eamont Castle receives an average of 284 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Eamont Castle covers an area of nearly 40 km² (16 mi²), and an average elevation of 3630 m (11909 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eamont Castle was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1196, by Thrigga Glasby. The establishment of Eamont Castle was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Eamont Castle's construction back out of the project. Thrigga Glasby pushed on reguardles, and Eamont Castle was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Eamont Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eamont 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.

Eamont Castle is buildings folow an organic layout of broad baked earthen streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. 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.

A quick look in any direction shows Eamont 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

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

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

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

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

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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.

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

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

Eamont 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 City. Eamont Castle's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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 Eamont Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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.

Eamont 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

Eamont Castle's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Eamont Castle all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

The Snake, Venomous near Eamont Castle are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Eamont 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 Charm energies of tier 3 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.

Eamont Castle Census Data: Year 2000

3531 of Eamont Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 190 work in Agriculture
• 789 work as Craftsmen
• 282 work as Merchants
• 547 work as Service Workers
• 357 work as General Laborers
• 140 work as Skilled Laborers
• 533 work as Civil Servants
• 315 work in Cottage Industries
• 194 work as Artists
• 184 work in Produce Industries

5131 of Eamont Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 753 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eamont Castle has access to some sort of functioning ancient infrastructure, whether it's an array of wall-mounted arcane energy projectors, running water, moving roadways, community-wide climate control, or some other inherited luxury. This infrastructure may be the result of a still-functional Working, or it could be the product of some venerable occult engine that's still operational, or it may be the fruit of the labors of some specially-designed organism or Blighted populace.

Eamont Castle is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

The the a lyre of Conjuration, an a lyre imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created near Eamont Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History