Westbourne Castle

Westbourne Castle (/westbourne/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical City located in the Bāwkyoīä Provence of the Hobben.

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

Climate

Westbourne Castle has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Westbourne Castle receives an average of 270 cm/y (106 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Westbourne Castle covers an area of nearly 40 km² (16 mi²), and an average elevation of 2248 m (7375 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Westbourne Castle was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1309, by Ihzeh Wathey. The establishment of Westbourne Castle was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ihzeh Wathey struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Westbourne Castle as a prison colony.

Westbourne Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Westbourne Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Westbourne Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow paverstone streets which form a 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 is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a city of Westbourne Castle's size could have. The city's well-designed, yet cheep are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

A look around Westbourne Castle seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Westbourne 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.

Westbourne 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.

Westbourne 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.

Westbourne 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.

Westbourne 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.

Westbourne 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.

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

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

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

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

Westbourne 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 Westbourne Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Westbourne 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.

Westbourne 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.

Westbourne 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

Westbourne Castle's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Westbourne Castle every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Serpentfolk near Westbourne Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Westbourne Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Invocation 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.

Westbourne Castle Census Data: Year 2000

3560 of Westbourne Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 197 work in Agriculture
• 793 work as Craftsmen
• 291 work as Merchants
• 529 work as Service Workers
• 367 work as General Laborers
• 147 work as Skilled Laborers
• 522 work as Civil Servants
• 326 work in Cottage Industries
• 196 work as Artists
• 192 work in Produce Industries

5642 of Westbourne Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 484 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Westbourne Castle is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

The roads leading into Westbourne Castle possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

The the a leather gambeson of Transmutation, an a leather gambeson imbued with potent amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Wantsum Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History