Dush Ruq Cewkez

Dush Ruq Cewkez (/dus̼/ /ruq/ [pure] [structure; system]) is a subtropical Large City located in Cuthaph Hold, Unzarbadzah Province, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Dush Ruq Cewkez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Dush Ruq Cewkez was founded by Gultharm Zÿhndtubqugbuhez, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Dush Ruq Cewkez has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Dush Ruq Cewkez receives an average of 193 cm/y (75 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Dush Ruq Cewkez covers an area of nearly 268 km² (107 mi²), and an average elevation of 10808 m (-7490 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dush Ruq Cewkez was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1269, by Gultharm Zÿhndtubqugbuhez. The establishment of Dush Ruq Cewkez was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Dush Ruq Cewkez's construction back out of the project. Gultharm Zÿhndtubqugbuhez pushed on reguardles, and Dush Ruq Cewkez was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Dush Ruq Cewkez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dush Ruq Cewkez is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Dush Ruq Cewkez is is constructed arround a semi-circular premissive packed earth mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The exceptionaly well made fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Right off the bat Dush Ruq Cewkez 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 city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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 Dush Ruq Cewkez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Dush Ruq Cewkez's parks.

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

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

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

Dush Ruq Cewkez has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

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

Dush Ruq Cewkez has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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. Dush Ruq Cewkez's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Dush Ruq Cewkez's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Dush Ruq Cewkez has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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 Dush Ruq Cewkez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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.

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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

Dush Ruq Cewkez's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

In Dush Ruq Cewkez vermin leave small tokens in payment for food taken.

The Dallo near Dush Ruq Cewkez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Dush Ruq Cewkez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves orgies to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Dush Ruq Cewkez Census Data: Year 2000

24045 of Dush Ruq Cewkez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1261 work in Agriculture
• 5405 work as Craftsmen
• 1930 work as Merchants
• 3603 work as Service Workers
• 2441 work as General Laborers
• 998 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3690 work as Civil Servants
• 2128 work in Cottage Industries
• 1373 work as Artists
• 1216 work in Produce Industries

37051 of Dush Ruq Cewkez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2545 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Dush Ruq Cewkez is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

Dush Ruq Cewkez 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 Dush Ruq Cewkez was struck by unseasonably warm weather, causing a sweltering heat to smouther the land for 7 days. Dush Ruq Cewkez lost 268 people and 218 livestock in the disaster.. The deadly heat is remembered by most as the Grief's Flame.

History