Gissage Castle

Gissage Castle (/gissage/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Cosea Provence of the Hobben.

The name Gissage Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Gissage Castle was founded by Mlelilel Ellis, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Gissage Castle has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 15°C (59°F). Gissage Castle receives an average of 256 cm/y (100 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Gissage Castle covers an area of nearly 68 km² (27 mi²), and an average elevation of 818 m (2683 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gissage Castle was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1182, by Mlelilel Ellis. The establishment of Gissage Castle was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Gissage Castle's construction back out of the project. Mlelilel Ellis pushed on reguardles, and Gissage Castle was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Gissage Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gissage Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Gissage Castle is buildings folow an organic layout of restrictive carved bedrock streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. 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. The city's failry decent 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.

Gissage Castle is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Gissage 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.

Gissage 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.

Gissage 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.

Gissage 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.

Gissage 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.

Gissage 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.

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

Gissage Castle has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Gissage 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. Gissage Castle's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Gissage Castle 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.

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

Gissage 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 Gissage Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Gissage 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.

Gissage 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.

Gissage 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Gissage Castle's town hall 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.”.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Gissage Castle.

The Giant Ground Cricket near Gissage Castle are known to be quite timid.

Gissage Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves performance art to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via oath swearing.

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.

Gissage Castle Census Data: Year 2000

6015 of Gissage Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 340 work in Agriculture
• 1370 work as Craftsmen
• 468 work as Merchants
• 910 work as Service Workers
• 620 work as General Laborers
• 240 work as Skilled Laborers
• 903 work as Civil Servants
• 527 work in Cottage Industries
• 325 work as Artists
• 312 work in Produce Industries

9696 of Gissage Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 320 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami ended a famine plaguing Gissage Castle. One of Gissage Castle's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History