Thame Castle

Thame Castle (/thame/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Swynwall Dutchy, Midate Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Thame Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Thame Castle was founded by Ha̋nḱ Ca̋m 'Belle Garnet' Mbōy Vúchvór Ha̋chvēsh Meriweather, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Thame Castle has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing 0°C (32°F). Thame Castle receives an average of 138 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Thame Castle covers an area of nearly 97 km² (38 mi²), and an average elevation of 3904 m (12808 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Thame Castle was founded durring the early 11th century, by Ha̋nḱ Ca̋m 'Belle Garnet' Mbōy Vúchvór Ha̋chvēsh Meriweather. The establishment of Thame 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.

Thame Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Thame 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.

Thame Castle is is constructed arround a semi-circular narrow cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The city's cost-cutting-focused defences 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.

Thame Castle has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Thame Castle ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Thame 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.

Thame 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.

Thame 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.

Thame 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.

Thame 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.

Thame 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.

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

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

Thame 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. Thame Castle's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

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

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

Thame 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.

Thame 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 Thame Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Thame 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.

Thame 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.

Thame 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Thame Castle's garrison 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.

In Thame Castle there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Yeti near Thame Castle are known to be quite timid.

Thame Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via proclamations.

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.

Thame Castle Census Data: Year 2000

8672 of Thame Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 498 work in Agriculture
• 1923 work as Craftsmen
• 694 work as Merchants
• 1303 work as Service Workers
• 872 work as General Laborers
• 356 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1300 work as Civil Servants
• 761 work in Cottage Industries
• 507 work as Artists
• 458 work in Produce Industries

12910 of Thame Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1377 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Thame 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 Thame Castle lost 113 people, 217 livestock, and 89 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 81, when members of Thame Castle's militia enacted an operation to scout a specific location for information about a particular mine. The operation was complicated by one of the key objectives in the operation requiring sticking to a very strict and short time table. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Thame Castle's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Thame Castle's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History