Kingston Citidel

Kingston Citidel (/ˈkɪŋstən/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Large City located in Mallowvale Dutchy, Ipoulan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Kingston Citidel is derived from the Sylvin language, as Kingston Citidel was founded by Hesgrolim Wigg, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Kingston Citidel has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 19°C (66°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 13°C (55°F). Kingston Citidel receives an average of 250 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kingston Citidel covers an area of nearly 182 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 792 m (2598 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kingston Citidel was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1281, by Hesgrolim Wigg. The establishment of Kingston Citidel was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Hesgrolim Wigg electing to pay people to resettle in Kingston Citidel.

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

Kingston Citidel is buildings folow an organic layout of broad paverstone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Kingston Citidel, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The city's Relic of the World That Was have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look arround Kingston Citidel reveals an abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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.

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

Kingston Citidel has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Kingston 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. Kingston Citidel's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

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

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

Kingston Citidel has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Kingston 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 Kingston Citidel's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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.

Kingston 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

Kingston Citidel's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is recurring in Kingston Citidel.

The Sagari near Kingston Citidel are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Kingston Citidel's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Kingston Citidel Census Data: Year 2000

16210 of Kingston Citidel's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 912 work in Agriculture
• 3603 work as Craftsmen
• 1322 work as Merchants
• 2373 work as Service Workers
• 1660 work as General Laborers
• 665 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2408 work as Civil Servants
• 1535 work in Cottage Industries
• 874 work as Artists
• 858 work in Produce Industries

25334 of Kingston Citidel's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1284 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kingston Citidel is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

The center of Kingston Citidel's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

The the a mummified relic of Truename Magic, an a mummified relic imbued with great amounts of Truename Magic energies was created in Kingston Citidel by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History