Eye Castle

Eye Castle (/aɪ/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Springham Dutchy, Luqian Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Eye Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Eye Castle was founded by Tautame Quantrill, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Eye Castle has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Eye Castle receives an average of 166 cm/y (65 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Eye Castle covers an area of nearly 97 km² (38 mi²), and an average elevation of 2594 m (8510 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eye Castle was founded durring the early 16th century in winter of the year 1527, by Tautame Quantrill. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Eye Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eye 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.

Eye Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow gravel streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Unfortuantly, these brittle defences are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look arround Eye Castle reveals an abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Eye 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.

Eye 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.

Eye 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.

Eye 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.

Eye 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.

Eye 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.

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

Eye Castle has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

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

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

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

Eye 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.

Eye 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 Eye Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eye 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.

Eye 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.

Eye 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

Eye Castle's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

In Eye Castle vermin leave small tokens in payment for food taken.

The Raven Swarm near Eye Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Eye Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Augury energies of tier 1 via throat chanting.

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.

Eye Castle Census Data: Year 2000

8609 of Eye Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 459 work in Agriculture
• 1994 work as Craftsmen
• 711 work as Merchants
• 1294 work as Service Workers
• 884 work as General Laborers
• 357 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1217 work as Civil Servants
• 776 work in Cottage Industries
• 464 work as Artists
• 453 work in Produce Industries

12506 of Eye Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1836 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eye Castle has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Eye Castle is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

The the a bevor of Wild Magic, an a bevor imbued with notable amounts of Wild Magic energies was created near Eye Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History