Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec (/qorv/ /hec/ [territory; state (province; country)] [heritage]) is a subtropical Town located in Èzzetuqíh County, Ÿrtrewlqålÿ Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec is derived from the Dwarven language, as Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec was founded by Dwuc Nuldztrÿkle, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec receives an average of 183 cm/y (72 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3556 m (11666 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1388, by Dwuc Nuldztrÿkle. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec is no diffrent. The town'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.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of spacious gravel 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 town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Astonishigly, the timber-based walls are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Right off the bat Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec 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. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec 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 Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's parks.

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

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec 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.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec 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.

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

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec 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 Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec 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.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec 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

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Howler near Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves square dance to channel Augury energies of tier 3 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.

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec Census Data: Year 2000

413 of Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 92 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 63 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

891 of Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 40 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec's residents established a new industry (2225 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec. Ådehlÿ Qorv Hec created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

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