Lilly Castle

Lilly Castle (/ˈlɪli/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Large City located in Jávydaw̌shy Dutchy, Dāmêvr Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Lilly Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lilly Castle was founded by Phanos Dunlop, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Lilly Castle has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Lilly Castle receives an average of 249 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Lilly Castle covers an area of nearly 207 km² (82 mi²), and an average elevation of 1148 m (3766 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lilly Castle was founded durring the early 10th century, by Phanos Dunlop. 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 Phanos Dunlop.

Lilly Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lilly 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.

Lilly Castle is is constructed arround a series of narrow packed earth mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Lilly Castle, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The Relic of the World That Was has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Lilly Castle is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This city is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

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

Lilly Castle has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Lilly 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. Lilly Castle's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

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

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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 Lilly Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

Lilly Castle is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

There’s a relatively new religion in Lilly Castle which is rapidly gaining power. It might be a sectarian offshoot of a major faith, the unique product of a new prophet, or an outside faith backed by wealthy and powerful foreign supporters. Depending on the demands made on believers, the new faith may be a matter of concern only to the existing clergy, or it might be a major flashpoint for conflict in the community.

Lilly Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Lilly Castle sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Living Topiary near Lilly Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Lilly Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Transmutation 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.

Lilly Castle Census Data: Year 2000

18606 of Lilly Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1067 work in Agriculture
• 4178 work as Craftsmen
• 1497 work as Merchants
• 2749 work as Service Workers
• 1879 work as General Laborers
• 768 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2764 work as Civil Servants
• 1661 work in Cottage Industries
• 1052 work as Artists
• 991 work in Produce Industries

26424 of Lilly Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3915 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Pond Ratfish began to boil, and released a thick toxic cloud from beneath its waters which devastated , killing every person and animal in its path which could not escape the cloud. Oddly, the plants of the region flourished in the years after the disaster. An estimated people, livestock, and buildings were lost to the disaster. The disaster is referred to as the Calamity Wind.

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