Hav Ktën Med

Hav Ktën Med (/hav/ /ktɛn/ [silly; absurd] [dash]) is a temperate Large City located in the Anilmet Barony of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Hav Ktën Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Hav Ktën Med was founded by Êyênm Phiegror, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Hav Ktën Med has a yearly average temperature of 7°C (44°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -11°C (13°F). Hav Ktën Med receives an average of 208 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Hav Ktën Med covers an area of nearly 276 km² (110 mi²), and an average elevation of 3488 m (11443 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hav Ktën Med was founded durring the late 12th century in winter of the year 1079, by Êyênm Phiegror. The establishment of Hav Ktën Med was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Êyênm Phiegror struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Hav Ktën Med as a prison colony.

Hav Ktën Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hav Ktën Med is no diffrent. The city'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.

Hav Ktën Med is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious paverstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city'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 city. The city rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Hav Ktën Med's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The city's political statment focused walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Hav Ktën Med has the unmistakable air of a city 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. Hav Ktën Med ’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 city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Everywhere about the city 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 city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual. Even in these times.

Civic Infrastructure

Hav Ktën Med possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Hav Ktën Med has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Hav Ktën Med 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 Hav Ktën Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Hav Ktën Med's parks.

Hav Ktën Med has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Hav Ktën Med.

Hav Ktën Med 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.

Hav Ktën Med 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.

Hav Ktën Med has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Hav Ktën Med has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Hav Ktën Med 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.

Hav Ktën Med 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.

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

Hav Ktën Med has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Hav Ktën Med 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 Large City. Hav Ktën Med's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Hav Ktën Med 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.

Hav Ktën Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Hav Ktën Med has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Hav Ktën Med 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 Hav Ktën Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

Hav Ktën Med has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Hav Ktën Med 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.

Hav Ktën Med 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.

Hav Ktën Med 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

Hav Ktën Med's town hall 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 Hav Ktën Med snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Yeti near Hav Ktën Med are known to be quite timid.

Hav Ktën Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Summoning energies of tier 3 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.

Hav Ktën Med Census Data: Year 2000

24800 of Hav Ktën Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1402 work in Agriculture
• 5465 work as Craftsmen
• 2023 work as Merchants
• 3895 work as Service Workers
• 2542 work as General Laborers
• 1018 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3521 work as Civil Servants
• 2231 work in Cottage Industries
• 1415 work as Artists
• 1288 work in Produce Industries

36856 of Hav Ktën Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3245 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hav Ktën Med is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Hav Ktën Med's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History