Looie Castle

Looie Castle (/looe/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Small City located in Lightfield Dutchy, Ipoulan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Looie Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Looie Castle was founded by Vú̄ Mp̪fé̄ 'Riley Alina' Vúór Ré̄̋nv Mä̋ń Dingley, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Looie 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 13°C (55°F). Looie Castle receives an average of 141 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Looie Castle covers an area of nearly 17 km² (6 mi²), and an average elevation of 4162 m (13654 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Looie Castle was founded durring the early 11th century, by Vú̄ Mp̪fé̄ 'Riley Alina' Vúór Ré̄̋nv Mä̋ń Dingley. The establishment of Looie Castle was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Looie Castle's construction back out of the project. Vú̄ Mp̪fé̄ 'Riley Alina' Vúór Ré̄̋nv Mä̋ń Dingley pushed on reguardles, and Looie Castle was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Looie Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Looie 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.

Looie Castle is buildings are arranged within a network of broad 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 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. Looie 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. Unfortuantly, these boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall 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 Looie 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 which makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Looie Castle long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Looie 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.

Looie 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.

Looie 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.

Looie 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.

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

Looie 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 Small City. Looie Castle's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Looie 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 Looie Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Looie 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.

Looie 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.

Looie 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

Looie Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is recurring in Looie Castle.

The Xtabay near Looie Castle are known to be quite timid.

Looie Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Enchantment 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.

Looie Castle Census Data: Year 2000

1462 of Looie Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 85 work in Agriculture
• 327 work as Craftsmen
• 119 work as Merchants
• 226 work as Service Workers
• 148 work as General Laborers
• 60 work as Skilled Laborers
• 216 work as Civil Servants
• 128 work in Cottage Industries
• 77 work as Artists
• 76 work in Produce Industries

2425 of Looie Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 248 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Looie Castle is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Looie Castle makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

The the a linnin gambeson of Illusion, an a linnin gambeson imbued with notable amounts of Illusion energies was created near Li̊ry̼om Ji̊ Qi̊v by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History