Annas Castle

Annas Castle (/ˈænəz/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Normont Dutchy, Niuohiewan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Annas Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Annas Castle was founded by Zëkê Hinson, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Annas Castle has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°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 7°C (44°F). Annas Castle receives an average of 183 cm/y (72 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Annas Castle covers an area of nearly 108 km² (43 mi²), and an average elevation of 2800 m (9186 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Annas Castle was founded durring the early 10th century, by Zëkê Hinson. The establishment of Annas Castle suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Annas Castle which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Annas Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Annas 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.

Annas Castle is buildings are speckled and packed arround crampt split-log ties streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city rests behind a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, and battlments. Annas Castle's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. Unfortuantly, these unusual yet seemingly effective fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Right off the bat Annas Castle hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Annas 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.

Annas 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.

Annas 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.

Annas 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.

Annas 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.

Annas 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.

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

Annas Castle has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Annas 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. Annas Castle's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

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

Annas 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.

Annas 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 Annas Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Annas 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.

Annas 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.

Annas 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

Annas Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

In Annas Castle there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Firbolg near Annas Castle are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Annas Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Conjuration energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Annas Castle Census Data: Year 2000

9562 of Annas Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 531 work in Agriculture
• 2141 work as Craftsmen
• 777 work as Merchants
• 1455 work as Service Workers
• 1005 work as General Laborers
• 392 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1410 work as Civil Servants
• 835 work in Cottage Industries
• 523 work as Artists
• 493 work in Produce Industries

14092 of Annas Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1780 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Annas Castle has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Due to a magical anomaly, Annas Castle is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

The the a small bag of Elven High Magic, an a small bag imbued with potent amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created in A̋na̋ Coǔgē Ni̋ēkēä by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History