Len Castle

Len Castle (/lɛn/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical City located in the Gesiēinsu Region of the Tetburland.

The name Len Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Len Castle was founded by Hiwnes Lamoreaux, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Len Castle has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Len Castle receives an average of 232 cm/y (91 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Len Castle covers an area of nearly 27 km² (10 mi²), and an average elevation of 4250 m (13943 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Len Castle was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1342, by Hiwnes Lamoreaux. The establishment of Len Castle 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.

Len Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Len 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.

Len Castle is buildings folow an organic layout of premissive cobblestone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Len Castle's millitarily questionable fortifications 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.

Len 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

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

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

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

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

Len 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.

Len 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.

Len 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.

Len 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.

Len 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.

Len 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.

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

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

Len Castle 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.

Len 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 Len Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Len 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.

Len 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.

Len 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

Len Castle's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Len Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Len Castle.

The Ghoul near Len Castle are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Len Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves line dance to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 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.

Len Castle Census Data: Year 2000

2374 of Len Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 130 work in Agriculture
• 537 work as Craftsmen
• 189 work as Merchants
• 353 work as Service Workers
• 242 work as General Laborers
• 92 work as Skilled Laborers
• 351 work as Civil Servants
• 217 work in Cottage Industries
• 136 work as Artists
• 127 work in Produce Industries

3823 of Len Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 191 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Len Castle's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

The the a vest of Conjuration, an a vest imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Len Castle by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History