Medina Castle

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

The name Medina Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Medina Castle was founded by Treg̈me Hamer, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Medina Castle has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Medina Castle receives an average of 271 cm/y (106 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Medina Castle covers an area of nearly 181 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 2194 m (7198 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Medina Castle was founded durring the early 16th century in fall of the year 1506, by Treg̈me Hamer. The establishment of Medina Castle suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Medina Castle which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Medina Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Medina Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Medina Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt baked earthen streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. 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 Medina Castle, 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. Unfortuantly, these Relic of the World That Was are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Medina Castle. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Medina 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.

Medina 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.

Medina 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.

Medina 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.

Medina 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.

Medina 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.

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

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

Medina 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. Medina Castle's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

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

Medina Castle 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.

Medina 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 Medina Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Medina 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.

Medina 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.

Medina 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.

Medina Castle 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

Medina Castle's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

In Medina Castle rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Thoqqua near Medina Castle are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Medina Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves gestures to channel Augury energies of tier 1 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.

Medina Castle Census Data: Year 2000

16114 of Medina Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 893 work in Agriculture
• 3713 work as Craftsmen
• 1326 work as Merchants
• 2499 work as Service Workers
• 1630 work as General Laborers
• 657 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2255 work as Civil Servants
• 1406 work in Cottage Industries
• 884 work as Artists
• 851 work in Produce Industries

23717 of Medina Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2998 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Medina Castle is remarkably well-fortified for a site of its size and role. Tall, stout walls, strong points inside the community, concentric defenses, a strategic terrain location, or a large body of standing troops might be present. Some threat is thought to exist that makes maintaining this fortification worthwhile, though it may come at a dear cost to the locals. The community’s suzerain may be uncomfortable with these defenses, as they could just as easily be used to defy the ruler.

Medina Castle makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Medina Castle was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Medina Castle. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Medina Castle lost 119 people, 342 livestock, and 39 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 211, when members of Medina Castle's militia enacted an operation to transport a specific war supplies to a particular research site unharmed. The operation was complicated by the army being put into a position where they could only choose between two terrible options. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a crushing defeat for Medina Castle's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Medina Castle's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History