Ëllgo Zdan Vrët

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët (/ˈɛllgo/ /zdan/ [fuzzy] [herb]) is a temperate Town located in the Ithjegrö Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Ëllgo Zdan Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Ëllgo Zdan Vrët was founded by Ecrodu Shostret, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 10°C (50°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -8°C (18°F). Ëllgo Zdan Vrët receives an average of 161 cm/y (63 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ëllgo Zdan Vrët covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3156 m (10354 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët was founded durring the late 13th century in summer of the year 1163, by Ecrodu Shostret. The establishment of Ëllgo Zdan Vrët was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ecrodu Shostret struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Ëllgo Zdan Vrët as a prison colony.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ëllgo Zdan Vrët is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët is is constructed arround a series of crampt gravel mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's would-be-castle fortifications 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 Ëllgo Zdan Vrët makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët 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 Ëllgo Zdan Vrët. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's parks.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ëllgo Zdan Vrët.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët 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.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët 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.

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

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët 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 Town. Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët 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 Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët 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.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët 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

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Ëllgo Zdan Vrët it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Ice Elemental, Small near Ëllgo Zdan Vrët are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Illusion 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.

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

451 of Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 104 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 70 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 65 work as Civil Servants
• 43 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

897 of Ëllgo Zdan Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 70 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ëllgo Zdan Vrët is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

A local has came up with a wonderful new idea (32176 % 6)+1 months ago; it may be a magical innovation, a new industrial process, a new agricultural product, a new use for what was thought to be ancient garbage, or some other very useful, profitable idea. Everyone around them is fighting for the chance to exploit this clever new plan.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Ëllgo Zdan Vrët, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Ëllgo Zdan Vrët lost 284 people, 144 livestock, and 29 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Grieving Rain.

History