Gowan Citidel

Gowan Citidel (/ˈgaʊən/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Qegian Provence of the Hobben.

The name Gowan Citidel is derived from the Sylvin language, as Gowan Citidel was founded by Tshesh Nance, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Gowan Citidel 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 16°C (60°F). Gowan Citidel receives an average of 259 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Gowan Citidel covers an area of nearly 159 km² (63 mi²), and an average elevation of 1192 m (3910 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gowan Citidel was founded durring the early 11th century, by Tshesh Nance. The establishment of Gowan Citidel suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

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

Gowan Citidel is buildings are arranged within a network of spacious cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Gowan Citidel's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. Gowan Citidel's budget oriented are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Gowan Citidel has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Gowan Citidel suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Gowan Citidel long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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.

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

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

Gowan 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. Gowan Citidel's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

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

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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 Gowan Citidel's natural decorations nor waterways.

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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.

Gowan 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

Gowan Citidel's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Gowan Citidel sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Skinwraith near Gowan Citidel are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Gowan Citidel's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Gowan Citidel Census Data: Year 2000

14084 of Gowan Citidel's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 829 work in Agriculture
• 3156 work as Craftsmen
• 1139 work as Merchants
• 2137 work as Service Workers
• 1434 work as General Laborers
• 580 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1986 work as Civil Servants
• 1259 work in Cottage Industries
• 793 work as Artists
• 771 work in Produce Industries

21230 of Gowan Citidel's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2254 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Gowan Citidel was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Gowan Citidel lost 277 people, 198 livestock, and 41 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 92, when members of Gowan Citidel's militia enacted an operation to gain control of a particular vault. The operation was complicated by the army's activities draw the wrath of formerly neutral parties. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the research site, which ended in defeat for Gowan Citidel's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Gowan Citidel's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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