Downholland Castle

Downholland Castle (/downholland/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical City located in Glassston Dutchy, Yehan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Downholland Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Downholland Castle was founded by Kelî Khî Glêlè Alderdice, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Downholland Castle has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Downholland 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. Downholland Castle covers an area of nearly 36 km² (14 mi²), and an average elevation of 4460 m (14632 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Downholland Castle was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1292, by Kelî Khî Glêlè Alderdice. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

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

Downholland Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad cobblestone 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 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. Downholland Castle's failry decent fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Downholland Castle. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Downholland 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.

Downholland 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.

Downholland 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.

Downholland 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.

Downholland 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.

Downholland 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.

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

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

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

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

Downholland 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 Downholland Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Downholland 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.

Downholland 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.

Downholland 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

Downholland Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

The Amoeba Swarm near Downholland Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Downholland 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 singing.

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.

Downholland Castle Census Data: Year 2000

3210 of Downholland Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 185 work in Agriculture
• 710 work as Craftsmen
• 252 work as Merchants
• 497 work as Service Workers
• 334 work as General Laborers
• 130 work as Skilled Laborers
• 469 work as Civil Servants
• 281 work in Cottage Industries
• 178 work as Artists
• 174 work in Produce Industries

5149 of Downholland Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 258 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Downholland 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 set of armbands of Truename Magic, an a set of armbands imbued with great amounts of Truename Magic energies was created near Downholland Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History