Ridge Citidel

Ridge Citidel (/rɪʤ/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Large City located in Southwyn Dutchy, Qiban Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Ridge Citidel is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ridge Citidel was founded by Arcticetus Freckelton, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Ridge Citidel has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°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 11°C (51°F). Ridge Citidel receives an average of 224 cm/y (88 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ridge Citidel covers an area of nearly 78 km² (31 mi²), and an average elevation of 2768 m (9081 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ridge Citidel was founded durring the early 12th century in spring of the year 1121, by Arcticetus Freckelton. The establishment of Ridge Citidel was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Ridge Citidel's construction back out of the project. Arcticetus Freckelton pushed on reguardles, and Ridge Citidel was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Ridge Citidel was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ridge 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.

Ridge Citidel is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt split-log ties streets which form hexical 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 resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Ridge Citidel's robustly designed timber walls 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 Ridge Citidel 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

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

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

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

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

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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.

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

Ridge Citidel has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Ridge 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. Ridge Citidel's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

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

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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 Ridge Citidel's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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.

Ridge 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.

Cultural Notes

Ridge Citidel's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Ridge Citidel the water is caffeinated.

The Cloud Dragon, Wyrmling near Ridge Citidel are known to be quite timid.

Ridge Citidel's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves ritual combat to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 via throat 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.

Ridge Citidel Census Data: Year 2000

6902 of Ridge Citidel's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 398 work in Agriculture
• 1550 work as Craftsmen
• 554 work as Merchants
• 1051 work as Service Workers
• 697 work as General Laborers
• 278 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1013 work as Civil Servants
• 618 work in Cottage Industries
• 367 work as Artists
• 376 work in Produce Industries

11039 of Ridge Citidel's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 554 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ridge 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.

POI

History

The the a gorget of Truename Magic, an a gorget imbued with notable amounts of Truename Magic energies was created in Ridge Citidel by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History