Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët (/ˈɛtu/ /ˈmniwbɛ/ [passive] [telegraph]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ḿoůma H́ueo̊ Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët was founded by Grèbê Asoldru, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 1°C (33°F). Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët receives an average of 165 cm/y (64 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2986 m (9796 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët was founded durring the early 17th century in early summer of the year 1644, by Grèbê Asoldru. The establishment of Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Grèbê Asoldru electing to pay people to resettle in Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët.

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët is buildings folow an organic layout of broad packed earth streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. 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 While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The town's budget focused millitary grade defenses have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

The town shows nothing out of the ordinary, at first glance. Then you start to notice all the small things. Each window has seven iron nails pounded into the sill. Every door has a sprig of holly overhead. Every well is branded with purity seals and runes to ward the contents. Everyone is carrying a small charm for safety or fortune, be it a rabbit’s foot, a horseshoe, or other little totems.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Ëtu Mniwbë 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.

Ëtu Mniwbë 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.

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

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Ëtu Mniwbë 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.

Cultural Notes

Two or more groups of citizens within Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët's garrison 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, spring is skipped in Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët.

The Sandman near Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves square dance to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

345 of Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

747 of Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 57 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

The the a suit of scale armour of Transmutation, an a suit of scale armour imbued with great amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Ëtu Mniwbë Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History