Town: Eg Vadväq She

Eg Vadväq She

Eg Vadväq She
Example Dwarvern architecture.
StateUnited Kingdom of Undermountain
ProvenceQättza Kingdom
Sub ProvenceMeyu̽sâ Kâru̹ Dutchy
RegionJë-ma Woods
Founded1164
Community LeaderJarl Microlis Zachwafyul̄
Area5 km2 (2 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp19°C (66°F)
Average Elevation2146 m (7040 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation260 cm/y (102 in/y)
Population1210
Population Density242 people per km2 (605 people per mi2)
Town AuraInvocation
Naming
Native nameEg Vadväq She
Pronunciation/vadˈvəq/ /s̼e/
Direct Translation[noble; elite] [year; period (duration of time)]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Eg Vadväq She (/vadˈvəq/ /s̼e/ [noble; elite] [year; period (duration of time)]) is a subtropical Town located in Meyu̽sâ Kâru̹ Dutchy, Qättza Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Eg Vadväq She is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Vadväq She was founded by Naerra Zehndtubgähdä, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Vadväq She has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 15°C (59°F). Eg Vadväq She receives an average of 260 cm/y (102 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Eg Vadväq She covers an area of nearly 5 km2 (2 mi2), and an average elevation of 2146 m (7040 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Vadväq She was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1164, by Naerra Zehndtubgähdä. The establishment of Eg Vadväq She was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Naerra Zehndtubgähdä struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Eg Vadväq She as a prison colony.

Eg Vadväq She was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Vadväq She is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Eg Vadväq She is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of spacious canals 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 posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Eg Vadväq She weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses 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.

Eg Vadväq She is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town 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.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Eg Vadväq She 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 Vadväq She has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

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

Eg Vadväq She has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Eg Vadväq She 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 Vadväq She 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

The law within Eg Vadväq She 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 Vadväq She's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Eg Vadväq She.

The Tick, Giant near Eg Vadväq She are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Eg Vadväq She's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Augury energies of tier 2 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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 2
  • Farmers: 3
  • Farm Laborer: 8
  • Hunters: 4
  • Milk Maids: 2
  • Ranchers: 1
  • Ranch Hands: 3
  • Shepherds: 2
    • Farmland: 4852 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 302
    • Poultry: 3630
    • Swine: 242
    • Sheep: 12
    • Goats: 2
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 121

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 2
  • Blacksmiths: 2
  • Bookbinders: 1
  • Buckle-makers: 1
  • Cabinetmakers: 2
  • Candlemakers: 4
  • Carpenters: 4
  • Clothmakers: 3
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 1
  • Coopers: 3
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
  • Copyists: 1
  • Cutlers: 1
  • Fabricworkers: 3
  • Farrier: 7
  • Glassworkers: 3
  • Gunsmiths: 2
  • Harness-Makers: 1
  • Hatters: 2
  • Jewelers: 1
  • Leatherwrights: 3
  • Locksmiths: 1
  • Matchstick makers: 1
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 1
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Paper Workers: 1
  • Plasterers: 1
  • Pursemakers: 2
  • Roofers: 1
  • Ropemakers: 1
  • Rugmakers: 1
  • Saddlers: 2
  • Scabbardmakers: 2
  • Scalemakers: 1
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Shoemakers: 1
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 3
  • Tailors: 8
  • Tanners: 1
  • Upholsterers: 1
  • Watchmakers: 1
  • Weavers: 3

Merchants

  • Beer-Sellers: 1
  • Booksellers: 1
  • Butchers: 3
  • Chandlers: 2
  • Chicken Butchers: 3
  • Entrepreneurs: 1
  • Fine Clothiers: 2
  • Fishmongers: 3
  • Potion Sellers: 1
  • Resellers: 5
  • Spice Merchants: 1
  • Wine-sellers: 2
  • Wheelwright: 1
  • Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

  • Bakers: 6
  • Barbers: 6
  • Coachmen: 1
  • Cooks: 4
  • Doctors: 2
  • Gamekeepers: 1
  • Grooms: 1
  • Hairdressers: 3
  • Healers: 3
  • Housekeepers: 3
  • Housemaids: 7
  • House Stewards: 3
  • Inns: 1
  • Laundry maids: 2
  • Maidservants: 3
  • Nursery Maids: 2
  • Pastrycooks: 4
  • Restaurateur: 4
  • Tavern Keepers: 5

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 1
  • Bleachers: 1
  • Coal Heavers: 2
  • In-Town Couriers: 2
  • Long Haul Couriers: 2
  • Dockyard Workers: 2
  • Hay Merchants: 1
  • Leech Collectors: 3
  • Millers: 2
  • Miners: 2
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 1
  • Postmen: 2
  • Pure Finder: 1
  • Skinners: 3
  • Tosher: 1
  • Warehousemen: 3
  • Watercarriers: 2
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 3

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 1
  • Alchemist: 1
  • Clerk: 2
  • Dentists: 1
  • Educators: 3
  • Engineers: 1
  • Gardeners: 1
  • Plumbers: 1
  • Pharmacist: 1

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 1
  • Bankers: 1
  • Civil Clerks: 2
  • Civic Iudex: 1
  • Exorcist: 2
  • Fixers: 1
  • Kami Clerk: 2
  • Landlords: 2
  • Lawyers: 1
  • Legend Keepers: 2
  • Militia Officers: 9
  • Monks, Monastic: 4
  • Monks, Civic: 3
  • Historian, Oral: 2
  • Historian, Textual: 1
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 3
  • Priests: 5
  • Rangers: 1
  • Rat Catchers: 1
  • Scholars: 1
  • Spiritualist: 2
  • Storytellers: 4
  • Military Officers: 4

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 3
  • Comfort Services: 4
  • Enchanters: 1
  • Herbalists: 1
  • Jaminators: 4
  • Needleworkers: 3
  • Potters: 1
  • Preserve Makers: 3
  • Quilters: 1
  • Seamsters: 5
  • Spinners: 3
  • Tinker: 1
  • Weaver: 2

Artists

  • Actors: 1
  • Bards: 1
  • Dancers: 1
  • Glaziers: 1
  • Inlayers: 1
  • Musicians: 3
  • Playwrights: 1
  • Sculptors, Art: 1
  • Wood Carvers: 4
  • Writers: 4

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 3
  • Canners: 3
  • Cheesmakers: 4
  • Millers: 2
  • Picklers: 1
  • Smokers: 1
  • Stockmakers: 1
  • Tobacconists: 1
  • Tallowmakers: 2

363 of Eg Vadväq She's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

775 of Eg Vadväq She's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 72 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eg Vadväq She has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Eg Vadväq She was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Eg Vadväq She. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Eg Vadväq She lost 125 people, 276 livestock, and 22 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 121, when members of Eg Vadväq She's militia enacted an operation to deliver a message to a particular ruin, then reinforce it. The operation was complicated by the officer in charge of Eg Vadväq She's forces was incompetent, and issue many foolish and-or unprofessional orders. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a crushing defeat for Eg Vadväq She's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Eg Vadväq She's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History