Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez (/iltˈzɪ̘rf/ /rəs̼/ [full] [weather; climate; temperature]) is a temperate Town located in the Ekÿckyewl̄ärt Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez was founded by Hissing Centipedes Cåqcebackhu, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez receives an average of 144 cm/y (56 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 9638 m (-11328 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez was founded durring the late 17th century in late winter of the year 1569, by Hissing Centipedes Cåqcebackhu. The establishment of Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Hissing Centipedes Cåqcebackhu struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez as a prison colony.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive worn bedrock streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. Astonishigly, the top tier civilian fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye.

Civic Infrastructure

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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 Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's parks.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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.

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

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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 Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez 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 locals have cut a deal with some unspeakable entity, trading some form of tribute (benign of horrific) in exchange for the being’s forbearance or assistance. Outsiders may be ignorant of the bargain, or they may know that the community is in thrall but be too fearful of its master to take action against them. The creature likely serves as a protector as well as a tyrant, so the locals may be content with the deal even if it doesn’t offer any further inducement or aid.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Rat near Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Invocation 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.

Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

428 of Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 93 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 67 work as Service Workers
• 43 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 68 work as Civil Servants
• 41 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

882 of Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 40 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami granted the town a great harvest. One of Eltzÿhrph Räsh Ckez's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History