Wootton Castle

Wootton Castle (/ˈwutən/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Ostbridge Dutchy, Loqulate Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Wootton Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Wootton Castle was founded by Tshêyeshë Crowne, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Wootton Castle has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Wootton Castle receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Wootton Castle covers an area of nearly 63 km² (25 mi²), and an average elevation of 9518 m (-11722 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wootton Castle was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1288, by Tshêyeshë Crowne. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Tshêyeshë Crowne.

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

Wootton Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad flagstone 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 in posession of a finaly crafted dwarvern style fortified fighting wall, completer with lower, middle, and upper battlments for use in sloped-fire defence stratagies, murder holes, and statues which may or may not be constructs, and, of course, MERTICULATIONSshortsizename is one of the wealthiest and politicaly connected settlments in the world.. Wootton Castle's Ragnarock-era relics are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Wootton Castle is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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.

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

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

Wootton 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. Wootton Castle's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

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

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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 Wootton Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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.

Wootton 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

Wootton Castle's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

In Wootton Castle all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Ifrit near Wootton Castle are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Wootton Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via proclamations.

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.

Wootton Castle Census Data: Year 2000

5571 of Wootton Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 288 work in Agriculture
• 1222 work as Craftsmen
• 453 work as Merchants
• 876 work as Service Workers
• 566 work as General Laborers
• 223 work as Skilled Laborers
• 830 work as Civil Servants
• 501 work in Cottage Industries
• 318 work as Artists
• 294 work in Produce Industries

8893 of Wootton Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 447 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

A vast influx of newcomers over the last 4 years has greatly spiked Wootton 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 spared the town from an attack. One of Wootton Castle's festivals remembers the hero.

History