Fri Qo̠s Gri

Fri Qo̠s Gri (/fri/ /qo̠s/ [silver] [cow; buffalo]) is a subtropical City located in the Brotlëftavremōf Moot of the Rosid.

The name Fri Qo̠s Gri is derived from the Sylvin language, as Fri Qo̠s Gri was founded by Bikninu, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Fri Qo̠s Gri has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 1°C (33°F). Fri Qo̠s Gri receives an average of 157 cm/y (61 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Fri Qo̠s Gri covers an area of nearly 24 km² (9 mi²), and an average elevation of 2778 m (9114 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fri Qo̠s Gri was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1292, by Bikninu. The establishment of Fri Qo̠s Gri suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Fri Qo̠s Gri which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Fri Qo̠s Gri was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s Gri is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive flagstone 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 rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Fri Qo̠s Gri's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. Unfortuantly, these budget oriented are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Fri Qo̠s Gri has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Fri Qo̠s Gri’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the city has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s 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.

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

Fri Qo̠s Gri possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Fri Qo̠s 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 Fri Qo̠s Gri's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s 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.

Fri Qo̠s 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

Fri Qo̠s Gri's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

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

The Xtabay near Fri Qo̠s Gri are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fri Qo̠s Gri's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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.

Fri Qo̠s Gri Census Data: Year 2000

2085 of Fri Qo̠s Gri's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 110 work in Agriculture
• 454 work as Craftsmen
• 168 work as Merchants
• 329 work as Service Workers
• 217 work as General Laborers
• 83 work as Skilled Laborers
• 316 work as Civil Servants
• 187 work in Cottage Industries
• 114 work as Artists
• 107 work in Produce Industries

3344 of Fri Qo̠s Gri's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 285 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fri Qo̠s Gri is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

A vast influx of newcomers over the last 5 years has greatly spiked Fri Qo̠s Gri's population. They may have been drawn by economic opportunities, or fled some pursuing peril, or been forcibly moved there by a ruler who wanted to dilute the existing native cohesion. The natives may not have the resources or opportunities to integrate these newcomers, and it may be that the new population has no desire to stay longer than is necessary.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Fri Qo̠s Gri, swallowing large sections of the community. Fri Qo̠s Gri lost 188 people, 153 livestock, and 50 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Woe Swallowing.

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