Wylia Castle

Wylia Castle (/wylye/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Small City located in Newedge Dutchy, Nuea Kingdom, within the Sylvan.

The name Wylia Castle is derived from the Sylvin language, as Wylia Castle was founded by Tsayk Hooley, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Wylia Castle 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 10°C (50°F). Wylia Castle receives an average of 139 cm/y (54 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Wylia Castle covers an area of nearly 15 km² (6 mi²), and an average elevation of 4610 m (15124 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wylia Castle was founded durring the early 11th century, by Tsayk Hooley. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Wylia Castle was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wylia Castle is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Wylia Castle is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt paverstone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Wylia Castle's brittle defences 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.

Wylia Castle has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Wylia Castle’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the city has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Wylia 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.

Wylia 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.

Wylia 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.

Wylia 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.

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

Wylia 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 Small City. Wylia Castle's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Wylia 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 Wylia Castle's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wylia 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.

Wylia 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.

Wylia 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

Wylia Castle's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Wylia Castle.

The Hungry Flesh near Wylia Castle are known to be quite timid.

Wylia Castle's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Conjuration energies of tier 3 via oratory performances.

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.

Wylia Castle Census Data: Year 2000

1291 of Wylia Castle's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 71 work in Agriculture
• 295 work as Craftsmen
• 103 work as Merchants
• 198 work as Service Workers
• 129 work as General Laborers
• 49 work as Skilled Laborers
• 189 work as Civil Servants
• 117 work in Cottage Industries
• 68 work as Artists
• 72 work in Produce Industries

2102 of Wylia Castle's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 255 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wylia Castle makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

Wylia Castle is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami spared the town a natural disaster. One of Wylia Castle's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History