Merryland Castle

Merryland Castle (/merryland/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small City located in the Cosea Provence of the Hobben.

The name Merryland Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Merryland Castle was founded by Glkèj Collett, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Merryland Castle has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Merryland Castle receives an average of 276 cm/y (108 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Merryland Castle covers an area of nearly 15 km² (6 mi²), and an average elevation of 4272 m (14015 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Merryland Castle was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1241, by Glkèj Collett. The establishment of Merryland 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.

Merryland Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Merryland Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Merryland Castle is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow packed earth streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. Merryland Castle's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences 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 Merryland Castle gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

Merryland Castle possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Merryland 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.

Merryland 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.

Merryland 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.

Merryland 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.

Merryland 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.

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

Merryland 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 Merryland Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Merryland 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.

Merryland 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.

Merryland 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

Merryland Castle's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Merryland Castle the milk never sours.

The Trailgaunt near Merryland Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Merryland Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 3 via chanting.

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.

Merryland Castle Census Data: Year 2000

1314 of Merryland Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 74 work in Agriculture
• 281 work as Craftsmen
• 102 work as Merchants
• 210 work as Service Workers
• 131 work as General Laborers
• 51 work as Skilled Laborers
• 201 work as Civil Servants
• 126 work in Cottage Industries
• 68 work as Artists
• 70 work in Produce Industries

2095 of Merryland Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 256 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Merryland Castle possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

A local has came up with a wonderful new idea 6 months ago; it may be a magical innovation, a new industrial process, a new agricultural product, a new use for what was thought to be ancient garbage, or some other very useful, profitable idea. Everyone around them is fighting for the chance to exploit this clever new plan.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Merryland Castle 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 Merryland Castle lost 135 people, 293 livestock, and 48 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 54, when members of Merryland Castle's militia enacted an operation to deliver supplies to a specific group of civilians. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Merryland Castle's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Merryland Castle's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History