Eg Lercä Lehc

Eg Lercä Lehc (/zɪ̘/ /lɪ̘c/ [navy blue] [shrimp]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Qaqizo County, Dähechanxya Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Eg Lercä Lehc is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Lercä Lehc was founded by Belthel Raycqug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Lercä Lehc has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Eg Lercä Lehc receives an average of 137 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Eg Lercä Lehc covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 6998 m (-19990 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Lercä Lehc was founded durring the early 11th century, by Belthel Raycqug. The establishment of Eg Lercä Lehc was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Belthel Raycqug struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Eg Lercä Lehc as a prison colony.

Eg Lercä Lehc was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Lercä Lehc 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 Lercä Lehc is buildings folow an organic layout of premissive cobblestone streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Eg Lercä Lehc's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. Eg Lercä Lehc's political statment focused walls has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look around Eg Lercä Lehc has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scutteling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Eg Lercä Lehc long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Eg Lercä Lehc 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 Lercä Lehc's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eg Lercä Lehc 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 Lercä Lehc 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

Eg Lercä Lehc's chapel 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 Eg Lercä Lehc snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Cat, Common near Eg Lercä Lehc are known to be quite timid.

Eg Lercä Lehc's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Chronomancy 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.

Eg Lercä Lehc Census Data: Year 2000

502 of Eg Lercä Lehc's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 108 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 84 work as Service Workers
• 50 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 73 work as Civil Servants
• 48 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

992 of Eg Lercä Lehc's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 62 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Eg Lercä Lehc is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Eg Lercä Lehc was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Eg Lercä Lehc lost 186 people, 232 livestock, and 30 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 70, when members of Eg Lercä Lehc's militia enacted an operation to rescue a specific hero from the enemy. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in victory for Eg Lercä Lehc's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Eg Lercä Lehc's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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