Umborne Castle

Umborne Castle (/umborne/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Cosea Provence of the Hobben.

The name Umborne Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Umborne Castle was founded by Szelzus Clift, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Umborne Castle has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Umborne Castle receives an average of 286 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Umborne Castle covers an area of nearly 197 km² (78 mi²), and an average elevation of 1864 m (6115 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Umborne Castle was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1306, by Szelzus Clift. The establishment of Umborne Castle was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Szelzus Clift struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Umborne Castle as a prison colony.

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

Umborne Castle is buildings are built arround a single crampt flagstone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Umborne Castle's would-be-castle fortifications 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.

Umborne Castle seems to be abandoned at first. There are people present, working their trades and going about their business like any community, it’s just they are absurdly quiet. Just as you start to think there might be trouble, you see most of them are reading. The entire city feels like a library, with those not reading remaining quite to not disturb those who have their nose in a book. The longer you remain in Umborne Castle the more you start to wonder if you’ve entered some strange open-concept University rather than a city, but you can’t quite say such with certainty.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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.

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

Umborne Castle has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Umborne 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. Umborne Castle's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

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

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

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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 Umborne Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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.

Umborne 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

Umborne Castle's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Umborne Castle it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Lizard near Umborne Castle are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Umborne Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves gestures to channel Abjuration energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Umborne Castle Census Data: Year 2000

17620 of Umborne Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 995 work in Agriculture
• 3948 work as Craftsmen
• 1387 work as Merchants
• 2651 work as Service Workers
• 1783 work as General Laborers
• 718 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2630 work as Civil Servants
• 1568 work in Cottage Industries
• 979 work as Artists
• 961 work in Produce Industries

27702 of Umborne Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 924 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

A vast influx of newcomers over the last 4 years has greatly spiked Umborne Castle's population. They may have been drawn by economic opportunities, or fled some pursuing peril, or been forcibly moved there by a ruler who wanted to dilute the existing native cohesion. The natives may not have the resources or opportunities to integrate these newcomers, and it may be that the new population has no desire to stay longer than is necessary.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of secured a clean water supply for . The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History