Gras-et Ci Kez

Gras-et Ci Kez (/gras/ /et ci/ [filter] [nostril]) is a subtropical Town located in the Nogrehie̜w Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Gras-et Ci Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Gras-et Ci Kez was founded by Tregfëm Drilriash, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Gras-et Ci Kez has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 20°C (68°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Gras-et Ci Kez receives an average of 169 cm/y (66 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Gras-et Ci Kez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2814 m (9232 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gras-et Ci Kez was founded durring the late 12th century in fall of the year 1052, by Tregfëm Drilriash. The establishment of Gras-et Ci Kez was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Tregfëm Drilriash struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Gras-et Ci Kez as a prison colony.

Gras-et Ci Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gras-et Ci 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.

Gras-et Ci Kez is buildings are speckled and packed arround crampt cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Gras-et Ci Kez's robustly designed timber walls 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.

Gras-et Ci Kez has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Gras-et Ci Kez ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The people are clearly worried about something, and everyone is either wearing a weapon or has one close at hand. Your gut tells you it’s not mere fate which has caused this town to begin failing...

Civic Infrastructure

Gras-et Ci Kez has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Gras-et Ci Kez 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.

Gras-et Ci 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.

Gras-et Ci Kez has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Gras-et Ci 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.

Gras-et Ci Kez 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.

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

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

Gras-et Ci 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 Gras-et Ci Kez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Gras-et Ci 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.

Gras-et Ci 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

Gras-et Ci Kez's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Gras-et Ci Kez the stars are always right.

The Mud Elemental, Large near Gras-et Ci Kez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Gras-et Ci Kez'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 Invocation energies of tier 3 via singing.

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.

Gras-et Ci Kez Census Data: Year 2000

420 of Gras-et Ci Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 92 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 71 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 63 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

826 of Gras-et Ci Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 93 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Gras-et Ci Kez was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Gras-et Ci Kez lost 218 people, 261 livestock, and 53 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 119, when members of Gras-et Ci Kez's militia enacted an operation to deliver a message to another of their nation's army, then reinforce them. The operation was complicated by major logistical problems. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in victory for Gras-et Ci Kez's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Gras-et Ci Kez's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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