Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri (/ˈfowko/ /ˈhje̜ksje/ [consistent] [gas]) is a subtropical City located in Vro̠fstǟe̜o̠ Parish, Olaöt Diocese, within the Irus.

The name Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri is derived from the Sylvin language, as Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri was founded by Důchů, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°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 12°C (53°F). Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri receives an average of 133 cm/y (52 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri covers an area of nearly 33 km² (13 mi²), and an average elevation of 5488 m (18005 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri was founded durring the late 13th century in summer of the year 1180, by Důchů. The establishment of Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri is no diffrent. The city'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.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt baked earthen 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 city is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a city of Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's size could have. Unfortuantly, these well-designed, yet cheep are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes.

Civic Infrastructure

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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 Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's parks.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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.

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

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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 City. Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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 Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri 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

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Skinwraith near Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Truename Magic 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.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri Census Data: Year 2000

2911 of Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 162 work in Agriculture
• 663 work as Craftsmen
• 240 work as Merchants
• 442 work as Service Workers
• 298 work as General Laborers
• 118 work as Skilled Laborers
• 412 work as Civil Servants
• 258 work in Cottage Industries
• 163 work as Artists
• 155 work in Produce Industries

4591 of Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 478 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

The the a short sword of Illusion, an a short sword imbued with potent amounts of Illusion energies was created near Fowko Hye̜ksie Gri by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History