Dun Castle

Dun Castle (/dʌn/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Small City located in Mallowvale Dutchy, Ipoulan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Dun Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Dun Castle was founded by Mesodata Booze, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Dun Castle has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 18°C (64°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Dun Castle receives an average of 248 cm/y (97 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Dun Castle covers an area of nearly 16 km² (6 mi²), and an average elevation of 1254 m (4114 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dun Castle was founded durring the early 11th century, by Mesodata Booze. The establishment of Dun Castle suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Dun Castle which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Dun Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dun 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.

Dun Castle is is constructed arround a semi-circular restrictive gravel mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The city's would-be-castle fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Dun Castle 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 Dun Castle ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The people are clearly worried about something, and everyone is either wearing a weapon or has one close at hand. Your gut tells you it’s not mere fate which has caused this town to begin failing...

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Dun 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.

Dun 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.

Dun 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.

Dun 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.

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

Dun 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 Dun Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Dun 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.

Dun 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.

Dun 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

Dun Castle's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is short in Dun Castle.

The Sagari near Dun Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Dun Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves orgies to channel Augury energies of tier 3 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.

Dun Castle Census Data: Year 2000

1360 of Dun Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 75 work in Agriculture
• 307 work as Craftsmen
• 108 work as Merchants
• 217 work as Service Workers
• 141 work as General Laborers
• 51 work as Skilled Laborers
• 191 work as Civil Servants
• 123 work in Cottage Industries
• 75 work as Artists
• 72 work in Produce Industries

2413 of Dun Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 76 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Dun Castle produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

Dun Castle is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

History