Grö Bo Vrët

Grö Bo Vrët (/gro˞/ /bo/ [different; other; distinct; various; unique] [box; crate]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Oniku Màrâ County, Zōzqut Diocese, within the Covenent of Irus.

The name Grö Bo Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Grö Bo Vrët was founded by Gencoss Shrervobon, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Grö Bo Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Grö Bo Vrët receives an average of 236 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Grö Bo Vrët covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5280 m (17322 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Grö Bo Vrët was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1385, by Gencoss Shrervobon. The establishment of Grö Bo Vrët was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Gencoss Shrervobon struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Grö Bo Vrët as a prison colony.

Grö Bo Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Grö Bo Vrët 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.

Grö Bo Vrët is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive baked earthen streets which form octogonal 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 town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The town's frontieer-style defences have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

Grö Bo Vrët 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. Grö Bo Vrët ’s existence was once fed by scholarly pursuits. But the income once drawn in by the works of scribes and academics has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Everywhere about the town one can see abandoned schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the town places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual. Even in these times.

Civic Infrastructure

Grö Bo Vrët 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 Grö Bo Vrët. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Grö Bo Vrët's parks.

Grö Bo Vrët has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Grö Bo Vrët.

Grö Bo Vrët 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.

Grö Bo Vrët 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.

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

Grö Bo Vrët has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Grö Bo Vrët possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Grö Bo Vrët 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 Grö Bo Vrët's natural decorations nor waterways.

Grö Bo Vrët 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.

Grö Bo Vrët 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

Grö Bo Vrët's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Grö Bo Vrët rainbows form quite often above the Large Town.

The Stymphalian Bird (Bronze Beak) near Grö Bo Vrët are known to be quite timid.

Grö Bo Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Mysticism energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Grö Bo Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

493 of Grö Bo Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 113 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 80 work as Service Workers
• 52 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 68 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

984 of Grö Bo Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 61 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Grö Bo Vrët is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Due to a magical anomaly, Grö Bo Vrët is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

The the a leather gambeson of Augury, an a leather gambeson imbued with great amounts of Augury energies was created near Grö Bo Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History