Carnon Citidel

Carnon Citidel (/carnon/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Large City located in Ironmaple Dutchy, Emzada Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Carnon Citidel is derived from the Sylvin language, as Carnon Citidel was founded by Tris Rawding How, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Carnon Citidel has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°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 7°C (44°F). Carnon Citidel receives an average of 136 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Carnon Citidel covers an area of nearly 204 km² (81 mi²), and an average elevation of 5260 m (17257 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Carnon Citidel was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1316, by Tris Rawding How. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

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

Carnon Citidel is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt paverstone streets which form a diagonal shaped 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 has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Carnon Citidel's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The city's monster and outlaw focused 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.

Carnon Citidel has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Carnon Citidel ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Even with that as it is, everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or much of both. The town should be gone, not dying. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Carnon Citidel has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel 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.

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

Carnon Citidel has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Carnon Citidel 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. Carnon Citidel's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Carnon Citidel possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel 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 Carnon Citidel's natural decorations nor waterways.

Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel 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 Carnon Citidel 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.

Carnon Citidel's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Carnon Citidel it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Dinosaur, Ceratosaurus near Carnon Citidel are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Carnon Citidel's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves gestures to channel Charm 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.

Carnon Citidel Census Data: Year 2000

18248 of Carnon Citidel's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 985 work in Agriculture
• 4138 work as Craftsmen
• 1503 work as Merchants
• 2773 work as Service Workers
• 1855 work as General Laborers
• 748 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2660 work as Civil Servants
• 1635 work in Cottage Industries
• 970 work as Artists
• 981 work in Produce Industries

26993 of Carnon Citidel's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2887 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Carnon Citidel is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

The the a suit of Kasten-brust armour of Invocation, an a suit of Kasten-brust armour imbued with great amounts of Invocation energies was created near Carnon Citidel by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

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