Gil Ntǟ Ner

Gil Ntǟ Ner (/gil/ /ntaː/ [stubborn] [store; shop]) is a subtropical Town located in the Evrezdre̜t Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Gil Ntǟ Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Gil Ntǟ Ner was founded by Aci Phroniavno, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Gil Ntǟ Ner has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Gil Ntǟ Ner receives an average of 151 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Gil Ntǟ Ner covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5418 m (17775 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gil Ntǟ Ner was founded durring the early 11th century, by Aci Phroniavno. The establishment of Gil Ntǟ Ner was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Gil Ntǟ Ner's construction back out of the project. Aci Phroniavno pushed on reguardles, and Gil Ntǟ Ner was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Gil Ntǟ Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gil Ntǟ Ner is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Gil Ntǟ Ner is was constructed arround several narrow flagstone mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. 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 While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Gil Ntǟ Ner weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Gil Ntǟ Ner's budget focused millitary grade defenses are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Gil Ntǟ Ner makes you wonder how anything ever gets done. The locals have clear, obvious rivalries with one another, as seen through clenched teeth and fake smiles. What’s more, there is a serious lack of any organization and planning in Gil Ntǟ Ner’s layout as well as the local’s behaviors. The town seems to be a den of chaos where tongues are forked and local customs do not exist.

Civic Infrastructure

Gil Ntǟ Ner has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Gil Ntǟ Ner.

Gil Ntǟ Ner 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.

Gil Ntǟ Ner 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.

Gil Ntǟ Ner 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.

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

Gil Ntǟ Ner has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Gil Ntǟ Ner 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.

Gil Ntǟ Ner is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Gil Ntǟ Ner's chapel 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..

The Retch Hound near Gil Ntǟ Ner are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Gil Ntǟ Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 via oratory performances.

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.

Gil Ntǟ Ner Census Data: Year 2000

372 of Gil Ntǟ Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

822 of Gil Ntǟ Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 24 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Gil Ntǟ Ner is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

Gil Ntǟ Ner is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Gil Ntǟ Ner was struck by a devistating earthquake. The quake brought ruin to Gil Ntǟ Ner, which lost 180 people, 195 livestock, and 68 buildings in the earthquake. The day of the quake is remembered by many as Hate's Day.

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