Siston Castle

Siston Castle (/siston/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical City located in Greenedge Dutchy, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Siston Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Siston Castle was founded by Trêm Long, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Siston Castle has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Siston 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. Siston Castle covers an area of nearly 45 km² (18 mi²), and an average elevation of 2432 m (7979 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Siston Castle was founded durring the late 16th century in fall of the year 1557, by Trêm Long. The establishment of Siston Castle suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Siston Castle which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Siston Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Siston 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.

Siston Castle is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt carved bedrock mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Siston Castle's timber-based walls has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Siston Castle. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Siston 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.

Siston 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.

Siston 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.

Siston 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.

Siston 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.

Siston 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.

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

Siston Castle has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Siston 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 City. Siston Castle's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

Siston 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.

Siston 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 Siston Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Siston 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.

Siston 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.

Siston 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

Siston Castle's bank 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Siston Castle.

The Child of the Briar near Siston Castle are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Siston Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves gestures to channel Mysticism 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.

Siston Castle Census Data: Year 2000

3921 of Siston Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 213 work in Agriculture
• 881 work as Craftsmen
• 322 work as Merchants
• 602 work as Service Workers
• 401 work as General Laborers
• 158 work as Skilled Laborers
• 588 work as Civil Servants
• 342 work in Cottage Industries
• 203 work as Artists
• 211 work in Produce Industries

6399 of Siston Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 319 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

Siston 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, Siston Castle was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Siston Castle lost 261 people, 286 livestock, and 87 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 93, when members of Siston Castle's militia enacted an operation to escort a particular vault to a safe location. The operation was complicated by enemy spies who revealed the militia's plan. The conflict ended with the defense of the vault against a siege, which ended in a stalemate for Siston Castle's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Siston Castle's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History