Tib Castle

Tib Castle (/tib/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Nō̌gyaw̄wē Dutchy, Dāmêvr Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Tib Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Tib Castle was founded by Zèlkdsho Holcomb, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Tib Castle has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Tib Castle receives an average of 159 cm/y (62 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Tib Castle covers an area of nearly 198 km² (79 mi²), and an average elevation of 4548 m (14921 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Tib Castle was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1291, by Zèlkdsho Holcomb. The establishment of Tib Castle was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Tib Castle's construction back out of the project. Zèlkdsho Holcomb pushed on reguardles, and Tib Castle was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Tib Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Tib 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.

Tib Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive flagstone streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Tib Castle's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. Tib Castle's budget oriented are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A look around Tib Castle gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Tib 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.

Tib 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.

Tib 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.

Tib 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.

Tib 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.

Tib 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.

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

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

Tib 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. Tib Castle's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

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

Tib 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.

Tib 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 Tib Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Tib 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.

Tib 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.

Tib 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.

Tib 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

Tib Castle has a long tradition of martial expertise. This may be a crisply-organized history of skilled native levies, or it may be a natural belligerence in the people that leaves them familiar with bloodshed. While their neighbors and liege doubtless respect their talents, this very aptitude might make them more willing to turn to steel than prudence would advise.

Tib Castle's garrison 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, spring is short in Tib Castle.

The Guardian, Graven near Tib Castle are known to be quite timid.

Tib Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves square dance to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via chanting.

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.

Tib Castle Census Data: Year 2000

17853 of Tib Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 917 work in Agriculture
• 3985 work as Craftsmen
• 1432 work as Merchants
• 2660 work as Service Workers
• 1776 work as General Laborers
• 714 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2819 work as Civil Servants
• 1618 work in Cottage Industries
• 1017 work as Artists
• 915 work in Produce Industries

26575 of Tib Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1851 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Tib Castle's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Tib Castle suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century was struck by a great wind storm. A great funnel cloud itself touched down in Tib Castle, bringing twisting winds which killed 138 people, 198 livestock, and 99 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is generally remembered as the Howling Winds of Suffering.

History