New Bordeaux

[Nardo69]

IRL = In Real Life 

[Engorn]

OK, now the sentence has some sense...

[NASCAR_Guy]

Where can I get this?

[Engorn]

Nowhere. It's an unfinished BAT, actually photoshoped from a render image. Sorry.

[Earth quake]

It's the creator of the the Toyota center ?

[Engorn]

Maybe. I don't remember...

[calibanX]

Wow! This is great. I love the Simylimpics. The crowds are fantastic. You have a very creative style. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Geoff

[Engorn]

Nowadays the Pendergast surname, even it's not the most extended, is with Leclercq and Azkoaga, one of the best knowns and renowned of New Bordeaux. The Pendergast family (de Prendregast in the old days) has been always very linked with the history of the region since its foundation. It was Antoine de Prendregast with Paul Leclercq who founded the region, in fact is well known that Prendregast chose the location for the new settlement. Since the 18th century the Pendergast family has taken part in the history of New Bordeaux in many ways, most of them taking part in politics and in many cases being part of the newbordeauxian high society, "starring" some of the most known and tricky happenings occurred on New Bordeaux.
The first great familiar scandal was when Maurice Pendergast engaged his own first cousin Daphne, who was unfaithful to him. When Maurice discovered that his wife had a lover, he killer her and then their his own son. After that he took his life. It is said that the lover could be his brother, Antoine Enoch Louis Pendergast, whoh disappeared on those days and that he could be murdered by Maurice too. But the corpse was never find and there are some theories about the disappearance of Antoine, the most extended and probable is that he disappeared by his own will. Short time before his disappearance a medic doctor appeared in Mosman, and who became very prestigious. His names was Enoch Leng, being Leng the maiden name of Antoine Enoch Louis Pendergast. Anyway, Enoch Leng, as Antoine did, disappeared some years after leaving no tracks and there are not new identities associated with him.
Murderers on the family didn't take long time to get back. It was on the next generation when Cornelia Pendergast, which has a mental illness, poisoned his brother Ambergris and then she poisoned herself. Unfortunately the poison was of slow effect, so it didn't make effect until some hours later. At the moment when Ambergris's heart stopped he was driving the family car with his wife Leonor and his two sons, Simon and Bernoulli. The car had a terrible accident, consequence of that his wife and sons die.
Recently has been discovered that Arquimedes R. Pendregast killed his wife too, Afra L.E. Delamere. Arquimedes, after five daughters, frustrated because his wife haven't gave him a son, threw her from the top of the stairs, killing her. After that, as his daughters reached the age, he send them to diverse convents, and consequence of that his acts are known today, because Amelia, the older of his daughters, wrote all that in a recently found diary.
By the other hand the family is very respected in neobordeauxian society due the great leaders and defenders of the region that it has given. Some of theme are, instead Antoine de Prendregast, Ishmael Pendregast, Hezekiah Pendergast, Arsenius A. Pendergast or Cornelius Pendergast, all of the became General Minister of New Bordeaux. The current General Minister, Daniel Azkoaga is son of Lilyane F. Pendregast, so in some way its part of the lineage too.
Internationally the family is also known, because Eloise S.M. Pendergast is now married with Luis de Savonia, crown prince of Pionesa.



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This Central European style castle was built by Gaspard de Prendregast, son of Antoine de Prendregast, con-founder of New Bordeaux, at the beginnings of the 17th Century (between the 1809 and 1818) to be the residence of the Prendregast family. In it can be appreciated the grandiosity and tendency to the ostentatiousity of the Prendregast family.
The castle is located near the River Oak, close to his junction with the River Elm. It has great lands, mostly occupied by a elm forest. Inside the enclosure limited by a small wall we can find instead the castle, the old farm fields and the familiar graveyard, but rumors says that the true remains of the deceases are in a secret underground chamber, but it has never been found.
On 1967, Linnaeus Pendergast, direct heir of Gaspard, after the decline of the family (in the sense of the number of members), considering that such a castle like this was too big for a four member family (he, his wife Isabella and his two sons, Aloysius and Diogenes, because Eloise didn't born yet), decided to sell the castle to the Regional Government of New Bordeaux, with the condition of not being used for tourism.
In this way "Pendreborg" became "River Oak Asylum". It is a lunatic asylum for rich people. To it came persons with mental disorders, most of the mild, of the most wealthy families of New Bordeaux, Canadá and some northeastern states of the USA. Usually the "guests" receive the same treat as if they were on a spa or seaside resort.
On 2007, when Linnaeus deceased, his older son Aloysius granted to the government the right to use the castle as a touristic attraction. Nowadays the visits to the castle are allowed, but they are very reduced due the asylum has priority, while the access to the castle lands is free.



This small water mill was used to grind the wheat that was cultivated on the castle fields. Today its not used as a mill, but it is a small free museum where the visitors can see how the wheat was ground to make flour.



This old bridge, known as Backgate Bridge, crosses the River Elm before its junction with the River Oak. Its considerated the back gate to the castle and it is because of that that is known with that name.



This is the familiar graveyard, named before, and where is supposed that most of the Pendergast family members are buried. Anyway there are not only Pendergast family members, but some family friends or other well known persons that the Pendergast family members allowed to rest there for the eternity.

[BarbarossaS]

Beautiful update, I love the rural setting!

-Stijn-

[Earth quake]

Splendid update.
The surroundings of the castle is beautiful.

[djvandrake]

Excellent update.  I love the orchards. 

[Tomas Neto]

Awesome update!!! 

[calibanX]

Just beautiful. Nice job with the castle.

Geoff

[Battlecat]

Great update!  Love the castle and the way you've detailed the farmland around it!

[kwakelaar]

Nice update and quite a remarkable family the Pendergast's, lots of tragedies as well as greatness. The family home is indeed over de top, but it is certainly a statement.
Love the stone bridge over the river, do you mind telling me where you got it?

[scott1964]

  Is the castle available? Wow looks great in and around the castle. 

[Engorn]

Thanks everyone for the coments.

Now, some replies to this last update and to some previous...

Kwakelaar, yo can find the bridge on Toutsimicities if I'm not wrong. It is something I downloaded some time ago, so I'm not sure if it was there from where I downloaded it.
scott1964, yes, the castle is available on Simtropolis and I think that here on SC4Devotion too.
Rooker1, thanks for your suggestion. I already downloaded them, so maybe I will replace those posts.
Battlecat, I downloaded the cruiser terminal from a Japanese website, don't remeber which one. Sorry, but I make myself a big mess with all the Japanese sites. At least you know something...

[Engorn]

I'ts Christmas in Mosman already!

Like every year those days of brotherhood and of meeting with family and beloved persons arrived. From now Mosman will be during those Christmas holidays a buzzing place of lights, carols and street santas. As every year, Christmas has arrive with the switch on of the thousands of lights that decorates buildings and the city streets, as with the classic Christmas Choir Contest, made on Moodyville Square, in front of the Christmas Tree.

Also, as the years before, the Bicentennial Park has been decorated to welcome Christmas. The lights show all along the park its already a Christmas classic in Mosman, which makes the park as a magic place during the first hours of the night, when it is still opened to the public and the lights are on. Those days the lighting is more especial due the snowfall of the last week that covered all the park with snow, making the park a truly place of fantasy.

[Battlecat]

Good point about those Japanese sites.  I've downloaded a fair bit from them, I'll keep an eye out for that terminal!  Thanks!

Those Christmas shots are amazing!  The second mosaic with the lights strung through the park is particularly impressive! 

[kbieniu7]

Yes, the mosaic with park is awesome! Excellent atmosphere, sometime like real photo. Great work