Groqüe Koz Kez

Groqüe Koz Kez (/groq˔/ /koz/ [blue; dark blue] [tailor]) is a temperate Town located in the Gde̜ngwatyod Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Groqüe Koz Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Groqüe Koz Kez was founded by Taradog Shrervobon, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Groqüe Koz Kez has a yearly average temperature of -1°C (31°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -27°C (-16°F). Groqüe Koz Kez receives an average of 251 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Groqüe Koz Kez covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1514 m (4967 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Groqüe Koz Kez was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1097, by Taradog Shrervobon. The establishment of Groqüe Koz Kez was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Taradog Shrervobon electing to pay people to resettle in Groqüe Koz Kez.

Groqüe Koz Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Groqüe Koz Kez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Groqüe Koz Kez is is constructed arround a series of restrictive gravel mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Groqüe Koz Kez's millitarily questionable fortifications 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 Groqüe Koz Kez 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 just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Groqüe Koz Kez makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Groqüe Koz 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.

Groqüe Koz 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.

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

Groqüe Koz Kez 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 Town. Groqüe Koz Kez's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Groqüe Koz Kez possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Groqüe Koz 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 Groqüe Koz Kez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Groqüe Koz 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.

Groqüe Koz 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

Groqüe Koz Kez's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Groqüe Koz Kez it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Urdefhan near Groqüe Koz Kez are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Groqüe Koz Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves gestures to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Groqüe Koz Kez Census Data: Year 2000

448 of Groqüe Koz Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 100 work as Craftsmen
• 35 work as Merchants
• 74 work as Service Workers
• 46 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 65 work as Civil Servants
• 41 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

900 of Groqüe Koz Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 85 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Groqüe Koz Kez is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

Groqüe Koz Kez's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

The the a suit of Jack of plate armor of Mysticism, an a suit of Jack of plate armor imbued with great amounts of Mysticism energies was created in Groqüe Koz Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History