Irt Castle

Irt Castle (/irt/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Small City located in Jávydaw̌shy Dutchy, Dāmêvr Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Irt Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Irt Castle was founded by Nīrmb Cú̄shīy 'Buxom Thymessi' Coú̄ Bé̄̄kī Cú̄b̪fé̄ Hawking, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Irt Castle has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Irt Castle receives an average of 263 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Irt Castle covers an area of nearly 19 km² (7 mi²), and an average elevation of 2824 m (9265 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Irt Castle was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1296, by Nīrmb Cú̄shīy 'Buxom Thymessi' Coú̄ Bé̄̄kī Cú̄b̪fé̄ Hawking. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Nīrmb Cú̄shīy 'Buxom Thymessi' Coú̄ Bé̄̄kī Cú̄b̪fé̄ Hawking.

Irt Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Irt Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Irt Castle is buildings are built arround a single crampt cobblestone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. 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 Irt Castle'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. Irt Castle'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.

Irt Castle seems to be abandoned at first. There are people present, working their trades and going about their business like any community, it’s just they are absurdly quiet. Just as you start to think there might be trouble, you see most of them are smiling, quietly exchanging words with a friend, or simply enjoying the day as they work. It reminds you of an evening at home as everyone dined, having run out of things to talk about and embraced the savory meal before them.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Irt 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.

Irt 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.

Irt 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.

Irt 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.

Irt 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.

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

Irt Castle possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Irt 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 Irt Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Irt 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.

Irt 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.

Irt 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

Irt Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Irt Castle.

The Stymphalian Bird (Bronze Beak) near Irt Castle are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Irt Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves orgies to channel Charm energies of tier 3 via proclamations.

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.

Irt Castle Census Data: Year 2000

1710 of Irt Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 95 work in Agriculture
• 392 work as Craftsmen
• 134 work as Merchants
• 253 work as Service Workers
• 174 work as General Laborers
• 69 work as Skilled Laborers
• 264 work as Civil Servants
• 153 work in Cottage Industries
• 87 work as Artists
• 89 work in Produce Industries

2796 of Irt Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 187 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Irt Castle is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

Due to a magical anomaly, Irt Castle is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Irt Castle. Irt Castle created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History