Yewdale Castle

Yewdale Castle (/yewdale/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Small City located in Windkeep Dutchy, Fusan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Yewdale Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Yewdale Castle was founded by Snerri Adin, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Yewdale Castle has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Yewdale Castle receives an average of 178 cm/y (70 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Yewdale Castle covers an area of nearly 8 km² (3 mi²), and an average elevation of 4700 m (15419 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Yewdale Castle was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1334, by Snerri Adin. The establishment of Yewdale Castle suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Yewdale Castle which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

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

Yewdale Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad flagstone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. The city's failry decent fortifications 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.

Yewdale 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 smiling, quietly exchanging words with a friend, or simply enjoying the day as they work. It reminds you of an evening at home as everyone dined, having run out of things to talk about and embraced the savory meal before them.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Yewdale 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.

Yewdale 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.

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

Yewdale 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 Yewdale Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Yewdale 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.

Yewdale 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.

Yewdale 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

Yewdale Castle's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

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

The Raven, Giant near Yewdale Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Yewdale 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 Chronomancy energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Yewdale Castle Census Data: Year 2000

685 of Yewdale Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 39 work in Agriculture
• 145 work as Craftsmen
• 57 work as Merchants
• 114 work as Service Workers
• 70 work as General Laborers
• 26 work as Skilled Laborers
• 96 work as Civil Servants
• 65 work in Cottage Industries
• 37 work as Artists
• 36 work in Produce Industries

1284 of Yewdale Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 60 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Yewdale Castle is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Yewdale Castle is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History