Kit Castle

Kit Castle (/kɪt/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Qegian Provence of the Hobben.

The name Kit Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Kit Castle was founded by Ymviesh Saxby, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Kit Castle has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Kit Castle receives an average of 283 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kit Castle covers an area of nearly 141 km² (56 mi²), and an average elevation of 1268 m (4160 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kit Castle was founded durring the late 11th century, by Ymviesh Saxby. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Kit Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kit Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Kit Castle is buildings are arranged within a network of broad baked earthen streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Kit Castle's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the city's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. The boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Kit Castle has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Kit Castle’s streets. Yet, deep down, you know this atmosphere is a carefully created illusion. You can see the ocasional seam in their tapestry. You’re not sure what has them doing their best to act so carefree, but act carefree they do.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Kit 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.

Kit 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.

Kit 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.

Kit 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.

Kit 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.

Kit 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.

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

Kit Castle has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

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

Kit 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.

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

Kit 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.

Kit 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 Kit Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kit 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.

Kit 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.

Kit 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

Kit Castle's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Kit Castle's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Kit Castle the water is caffeinated.

The Ice Elemental, Large near Kit Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kit 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 Truename Magic energies of tier 1 via proclamations.

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.

Kit Castle Census Data: Year 2000

12663 of Kit Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 711 work in Agriculture
• 2802 work as Craftsmen
• 1002 work as Merchants
• 1871 work as Service Workers
• 1311 work as General Laborers
• 527 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1898 work as Civil Servants
• 1167 work in Cottage Industries
• 699 work as Artists
• 675 work in Produce Industries

18548 of Kit Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2349 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

The the a stone of Enchantment, an a stone imbued with notable amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Kingston Citidel by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History