Camlad Castle

Camlad Castle (/camlad/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Large City located in Norwitch Dutchy, Wowoufada Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Camlad Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Camlad Castle was founded by Eve Holiday Kettleborough Rainsford, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Camlad Castle has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Camlad Castle receives an average of 146 cm/y (57 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Camlad Castle covers an area of nearly 181 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 6266 m (20557 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Camlad Castle was founded durring the late 17th century in early spring of the year 1574, by Eve Holiday Kettleborough Rainsford. The establishment of Camlad Castle was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Camlad Castle's construction back out of the project. Eve Holiday Kettleborough Rainsford pushed on reguardles, and Camlad Castle was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Camlad Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Camlad Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Camlad Castle is buildings folow an organic layout of restrictive cobblestone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Camlad Castle, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. Unfortuantly, these Relic of the World That Was 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 Camlad 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 influx of wealth has brought with it an influx of relaxation. Everywhere you look people are enjoying their prosperity in a slow, casual, and deliberate manner. There’s no rush for anything anywhere you look.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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.

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

Camlad Castle has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

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

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

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

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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 Camlad Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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.

Camlad 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

The law within Camlad Castle is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

Camlad Castle's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Camlad Castle.

The Weedwhip near Camlad Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Camlad Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves orgies to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via divine sermons.

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.

Camlad Castle Census Data: Year 2000

16235 of Camlad Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 896 work in Agriculture
• 3529 work as Craftsmen
• 1334 work as Merchants
• 2346 work as Service Workers
• 1664 work as General Laborers
• 653 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2661 work as Civil Servants
• 1419 work in Cottage Industries
• 900 work as Artists
• 833 work in Produce Industries

24020 of Camlad Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2569 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

The the a bevor of Conjuration, an a bevor imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Camlad Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History