Kenerton Castle

Kenerton Castle (/collapit/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical City located in Wildeburn Dutchy, Magan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Kenerton Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Kenerton Castle was founded by Dyepîpí Norman, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Kenerton Castle has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 10°C (50°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Kenerton Castle receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the brutaly long winter months. Kenerton Castle covers an area of nearly 30 km² (12 mi²), and an average elevation of 1342 m (4402 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kenerton Castle was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1343, by Dyepîpí Norman. The establishment of Kenerton Castle was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Kenerton Castle's construction back out of the project. Dyepîpí Norman pushed on reguardles, and Kenerton Castle was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Kenerton Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kenerton Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Kenerton Castle is was constructed arround several crampt paverstone 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 posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Kenerton Castle weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Unfortuantly, these budget focused millitary grade defenses 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 around Kenerton Castle has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Kenerton Castle suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Kenerton Castle long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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.

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

Kenerton 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. Kenerton Castle's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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 Kenerton Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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.

Kenerton 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

Kenerton Castle's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Kenerton Castle's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Kenerton Castle every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Begedhi, Parasite near Kenerton Castle are known to be quite timid.

Kenerton Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves line dance to channel Charm energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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.

Kenerton Castle Census Data: Year 2000

2654 of Kenerton Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 145 work in Agriculture
• 601 work as Craftsmen
• 211 work as Merchants
• 404 work as Service Workers
• 273 work as General Laborers
• 110 work as Skilled Laborers
• 387 work as Civil Servants
• 238 work in Cottage Industries
• 143 work as Artists
• 142 work in Produce Industries

4275 of Kenerton Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 214 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kenerton Castle is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Kenerton Castle was attacked by members of a peasant revolt. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Kenerton Castle lost 299 people, 154 livestock, and 54 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 88, when members of Kenerton Castle's militia enacted an operation to deliver supplies to a specific strategic location. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with the defense of the strategic location against a siege, which ended in a crushing defeat for Kenerton Castle's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Kenerton Castle's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History