Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh (/ojˈvjib/ /luːg/ [beautiful] [prison; jail]) is a temperate Large City located in Lewÿqded Hold, Dähechanxya Kingdom, within the Undermountain.

The name Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh is derived from the Sylvin language, as Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh was founded by Zêbelè, who was culturaly Undermountain.

Climate

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 7°C (44°F). Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh receives an average of 239 cm/y (94 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh covers an area of nearly 164 km² (65 mi²), and an average elevation of 2878 m (9442 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh was founded durring the early 18th century in late summer of the year 1703, by Zêbelè. The establishment of Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's construction back out of the project. Zêbelè pushed on reguardles, and Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh was built using the conventions of Undermountain durring the early 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh is no diffrent. The city'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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious baked earthen streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city has a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, battlments, and even a moat, which are fashioned from stone and timber. Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. Unfortuantly, these unusual though effective defenses are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This city is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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 Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's parks.

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

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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.

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

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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. Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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 Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's natural decorations nor waterways.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh 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

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

In Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.

The Thoqqua near Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sex to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh Census Data: Year 2000

14785 of Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 858 work in Agriculture
• 3362 work as Craftsmen
• 1170 work as Merchants
• 2217 work as Service Workers
• 1522 work as General Laborers
• 606 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2146 work as Civil Servants
• 1298 work in Cottage Industries
• 829 work as Artists
• 777 work in Produce Industries

22225 of Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1947 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

Almost every community has some problem with bandits and highwaymen, but Dävn Lewg Ÿhkphÿh is seriously plagued with raiders. One or more groups of persistent plunderers are hitting the community repeatedly, and they lack the necessary resources to fend them off or protect all their holdings.

The the a grail of Abjuration, an a grail imbued with notable amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Dåb Netugh Ÿhkphÿh by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History