Witham Castle

Witham Castle (/ˈwɪθəm/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small City located in Wyvernfield Dutchy, Wowoufada Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Witham Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Witham Castle was founded by Hèsi Pierce, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Witham Castle has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Witham Castle receives an average of 111 cm/y (43 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Witham Castle covers an area of nearly 10 km² (4 mi²), and an average elevation of 5284 m (17335 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Witham Castle was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1205, by Hèsi Pierce. The establishment of Witham Castle was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Hèsi Pierce electing to pay people to resettle in Witham Castle.

Witham Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Witham Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Witham Castle is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive flagstone 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 rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The city's millitarily questionable fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Witham Castle, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This city certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Witham 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.

Witham 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.

Witham 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.

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

Witham Castle has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Witham 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 Witham Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Witham 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.

Witham 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.

Witham 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

Witham Castle's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Witham Castle sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Bonewrought Willow near Witham Castle are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Witham Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sex to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Witham Castle Census Data: Year 2000

829 of Witham Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 45 work in Agriculture
• 188 work as Craftsmen
• 66 work as Merchants
• 132 work as Service Workers
• 86 work as General Laborers
• 32 work as Skilled Laborers
• 122 work as Civil Servants
• 74 work in Cottage Industries
• 40 work as Artists
• 44 work in Produce Industries

1543 of Witham Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 48 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Witham Castle produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Witham Castle has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of spared the town from an attack. Witham Castle's militia's elite squad is named after .

History