Halz Lalz Ckez

Halz Lalz Ckez (/halz/ /lalz/ [polite] [debt]) is a subtropical Town located in Dapvùr County, Qånehgdab Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Halz Lalz Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Halz Lalz Ckez was founded by Cherys Åxruqedrayd, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Halz Lalz Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 18°C (64°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Halz Lalz Ckez receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Halz Lalz Ckez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1360 m (4461 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Halz Lalz Ckez was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1249, by Cherys Åxruqedrayd. The establishment of Halz Lalz Ckez was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Cherys Åxruqedrayd struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Halz Lalz Ckez as a prison colony.

Halz Lalz Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Halz Lalz Ckez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Halz Lalz Ckez is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive canals streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Halz Lalz Ckez's timber-based walls has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look around Halz Lalz Ckez 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 jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes.

Civic Infrastructure

Halz Lalz Ckez 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 Halz Lalz Ckez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Halz Lalz Ckez's parks.

Halz Lalz Ckez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Halz Lalz Ckez.

Halz Lalz Ckez 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.

Halz Lalz Ckez 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.

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

Halz Lalz Ckez 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 Halz Lalz Ckez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Halz Lalz Ckez 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.

Cultural Notes

Halz Lalz Ckez is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Halz Lalz Ckez's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is long in Halz Lalz Ckez.

The Spider, Scarlet (Tiny) near Halz Lalz Ckez are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Halz Lalz Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Illusion energies of tier 1 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.

Halz Lalz Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

390 of Halz Lalz Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 85 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

822 of Halz Lalz Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 77 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Halz Lalz Ckez's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

The the a crossbow of Necromancy, an a crossbow imbued with notable amounts of Necromancy energies was created near Hæhæ Værà by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History