Marron Castle

Marron Castle (/ˈmɛrən/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Dellmont Dutchy, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Marron Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Marron Castle was founded by Ihzeh Stough, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Marron Castle has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°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 17°C (62°F). Marron 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. Marron Castle covers an area of nearly 67 km² (26 mi²), and an average elevation of 2376 m (7795 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Marron Castle was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1408, by Ihzeh Stough. The establishment of Marron Castle suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Marron Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Marron 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.

Marron Castle is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of restrictive baked earthen streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Unfortuantly, these millitarily questionable fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

The city shows nothing out of the ordinary, at first glance. Then you start to notice all the small things. Each window has seven iron nails pounded into the sill. Every door has a sprig of holly overhead. Every well is branded with purity seals and runes to ward the contents. Everyone is carrying a small charm for safety or fortune, be it a rabbit’s foot, a horseshoe, or other little totems.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Marron 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.

Marron 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.

Marron 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.

Marron 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.

Marron 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.

Marron 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.

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

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

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

Marron 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.

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

Marron 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.

Marron 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 Marron Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Marron 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.

Marron 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.

Marron 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

Marron Castle's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

In Marron Castle most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Hidebehind near Marron Castle are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Marron Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via oratory performances.

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.

Marron Castle Census Data: Year 2000

5887 of Marron Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 318 work in Agriculture
• 1330 work as Craftsmen
• 475 work as Merchants
• 892 work as Service Workers
• 602 work as General Laborers
• 247 work as Skilled Laborers
• 842 work as Civil Servants
• 530 work in Cottage Industries
• 329 work as Artists
• 322 work in Produce Industries

8938 of Marron Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1115 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Marron Castle is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

The the a tablet of Wild Magic, an a tablet imbued with notable amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Marron Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History