Ftes-fraw Kez

Ftes-fraw Kez (/ftes/ /fraw/ [moss] [spine]) is a temperate Town located in the Zbëkfenfyë Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Ftes-fraw Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Ftes-fraw Kez was founded by Shêmêbê Phandroc, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Ftes-fraw Kez has a yearly average temperature of 8°C (46°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -10°C (14°F). Ftes-fraw Kez receives an average of 159 cm/y (62 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ftes-fraw Kez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3842 m (12604 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ftes-fraw Kez was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1187, by Shêmêbê Phandroc. The establishment of Ftes-fraw Kez was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Shêmêbê Phandroc electing to pay people to resettle in Ftes-fraw Kez.

Ftes-fraw Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ftes-fraw Kez 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.

Ftes-fraw Kez is is constructed arround a series of restrictive paverstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Ftes-fraw Kez's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The monster and outlaw focused fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Ftes-fraw Kez is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

Ftes-fraw Kez 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 Ftes-fraw Kez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ftes-fraw Kez's parks.

Ftes-fraw Kez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ftes-fraw Kez.

Ftes-fraw Kez 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.

Ftes-fraw Kez 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.

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

Ftes-fraw Kez possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Ftes-fraw Kez 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 Ftes-fraw Kez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ftes-fraw Kez 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.

Ftes-fraw Kez 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.

Ftes-fraw Kez 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

Ftes-fraw Kez'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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Ftes-fraw Kez.

The Serpentfolk near Ftes-fraw Kez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Ftes-fraw Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves line dance to channel Augury energies of tier 2 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.

Ftes-fraw Kez Census Data: Year 2000

426 of Ftes-fraw Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 92 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 72 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 66 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

894 of Ftes-fraw Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 40 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ftes-fraw Kez has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

Ftes-fraw Kez's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Ftes-fraw Kez suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

The the Barding of Conjuration, an Barding imbued with potent amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Ftes-fraw Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History