Lim Castle

Lim Castle (/lɪm/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Large City located in Landsilver Dutchy, Magan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Lim Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lim Castle was founded by Trîbmênm Hines, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Lim Castle has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Lim Castle receives an average of 286 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Lim Castle covers an area of nearly 180 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 2332 m (7650 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lim Castle was founded durring the early 17th century in early summer of the year 1642, by Trîbmênm Hines. The establishment of Lim Castle was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Trîbmênm Hines electing to pay people to resettle in Lim Castle.

Lim Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lim Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Lim Castle is buildings are arranged within a network of premissive paverstone 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 has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Unfortuantly, these cost-cutting-focused 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 around Lim 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 scutteling 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 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. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Lim Castle long.

Civic Infrastructure

Lim Castle possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Lim 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.

Lim 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.

Lim 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.

Lim 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.

Lim 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.

Lim 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.

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

Lim Castle has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

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

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

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

Lim 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.

Lim 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 Lim Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lim 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.

Lim 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.

Lim 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.

Lim 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

Lim Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is inspired by the natural world, characterized by sinuous, sculptural, organic shapes, arches, curving lines, and sensual ornamentation. Common motifs included stylized versions of leaves, flowers, vines, insects, animals, and other natural elements. Decorative elements found on the inside and outside of buildings include intricate mosaic work, curved windows, and decorative trim work. .

In Lim Castle the water is caffeinated.

The Begedhi, Parasite near Lim Castle are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Lim 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 Augury energies of tier 1 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.

Lim Castle Census Data: Year 2000

16101 of Lim Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 890 work in Agriculture
• 3622 work as Craftsmen
• 1267 work as Merchants
• 2426 work as Service Workers
• 1646 work as General Laborers
• 673 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2339 work as Civil Servants
• 1462 work in Cottage Industries
• 916 work as Artists
• 860 work in Produce Industries

24581 of Lim Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2141 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Lim Castle's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

Lim Castle is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Lim Castle, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Lim Castle lost 213 people, 263 livestock, and 60 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Torment Rain.

History