Tyburn Citidel

Tyburn Citidel (/tyburn/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large City located in Southburn Dutchy, Niuohiewan Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Tyburn Citidel is derived from the Sylvin language, as Tyburn Citidel was founded by Helî Mulgrew, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Tyburn Citidel has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Tyburn Citidel receives an average of 140 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Tyburn Citidel covers an area of nearly 242 km² (96 mi²), and an average elevation of 2762 m (9061 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Tyburn Citidel was founded durring the early 14th century in winter of the year 1304, by Helî Mulgrew. The establishment of Tyburn Citidel suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Tyburn Citidel which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Tyburn Citidel was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Tyburn Citidel is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Tyburn Citidel is buildings are arranged arround a single broad packed earth mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. 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 Tyburn Citidel, 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. Tyburn Citidel's Relic of the World That Was are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

Right off the bat Tyburn Citidel hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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.

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

Tyburn Citidel has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

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

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

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

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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 Tyburn Citidel's natural decorations nor waterways.

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn 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.

Tyburn Citidel 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

Tyburn Citidel's locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

Tyburn Citidel's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Tyburn Citidel hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Mud Elemental, Medium near Tyburn Citidel are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Tyburn Citidel's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Tyburn Citidel Census Data: Year 2000

21753 of Tyburn Citidel's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1194 work in Agriculture
• 4833 work as Craftsmen
• 1792 work as Merchants
• 3336 work as Service Workers
• 2203 work as General Laborers
• 887 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3201 work as Civil Servants
• 1884 work in Cottage Industries
• 1235 work as Artists
• 1188 work in Produce Industries

32477 of Tyburn Citidel's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3461 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Tyburn Citidel's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

The the a linnin gambeson of Abjuration, an a linnin gambeson imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created near Tyburn Citidel by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History