Eg Däct Cez

Eg Däct Cez (/cɪ̘ˈlu/ /kez/ [edge; verge] [home]) is a subtropical Town located in Fliēokuiē County, Yazcarfeh Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Eg Däct Cez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Däct Cez was founded by Vúoú Mbōkīy 'Rosemary Sativa' Ermb Mb̪f̄nvé Ga̋mb Raycqug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Däct Cez has a yearly average temperature of 11°C (51°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 14°C (57°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Eg Däct Cez receives an average of 261 cm/y (102 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Eg Däct Cez covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1256 m (4120 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Däct Cez was founded durring the late 18th century in late winter of the year 1694, by Vúoú Mbōkīy 'Rosemary Sativa' Ermb Mb̪f̄nvé Ga̋mb Raycqug. The establishment of Eg Däct Cez was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Vúoú Mbōkīy 'Rosemary Sativa' Ermb Mb̪f̄nvé Ga̋mb Raycqug struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Eg Däct Cez as a prison colony.

Eg Däct Cez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Däct Cez is no diffrent. The town'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.

Eg Däct Cez is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of broad baked earthen streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Eg Däct Cez's somewhat suffishent 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 town as needed.

Right off the bat Eg Däct Cez 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.

Civic Infrastructure

Eg Däct Cez possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Eg Däct Cez 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 Eg Däct Cez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Eg Däct Cez's parks.

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

Eg Däct Cez 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.

Eg Däct Cez 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.

Eg Däct Cez 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.

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

Eg Däct Cez 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 Eg Däct Cez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eg Däct Cez 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.

Eg Däct Cez 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

The law within Eg Däct Cez is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

Eg Däct Cez's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Eg Däct Cez.

The Amoeba Swarm near Eg Däct Cez are known to be quite timid.

Eg Däct Cez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 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.

Eg Däct Cez Census Data: Year 2000

446 of Eg Däct Cez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 100 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 73 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 65 work as Civil Servants
• 41 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

964 of Eg Däct Cez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 28 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eg Däct Cez has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Eg Däct Cez's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History