Hiëw Mo̠s Kez

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez (/hjɛw/ /mo̠s/ [arrogant] [pile; heap]) is a temperate Large Town located in the Skruvnōk Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Hiëw Mo̠s Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Hiëw Mo̠s Kez was founded by Dho Cheineruth, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez has a yearly average temperature of 7°C (44°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 11°C (51°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Hiëw Mo̠s Kez receives an average of 244 cm/y (96 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Hiëw Mo̠s Kez covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1324 m (4343 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1323, by Dho Cheineruth. The establishment of Hiëw Mo̠s Kez was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Hiëw Mo̠s Kez's construction back out of the project. Dho Cheineruth pushed on reguardles, and Hiëw Mo̠s Kez was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hiëw Mo̠s 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.

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow packed earth streets which form a diagonal shaped 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. The town's timber-based walls 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Hiëw Mo̠s Kez, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This town certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Hiëw Mo̠s 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.

Hiëw Mo̠s 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.

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

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Hiëw Mo̠s 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 Hiëw Mo̠s Kez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Hiëw Mo̠s 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.

Hiëw Mo̠s 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Hiëw Mo̠s Kez.

The Shadow Fern near Hiëw Mo̠s Kez are known to be quite timid.

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves gestures to channel Augury energies of tier 1 via oratory performances.

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.

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez Census Data: Year 2000

518 of Hiëw Mo̠s Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 118 work as Craftsmen
• 43 work as Merchants
• 80 work as Service Workers
• 49 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 80 work as Civil Servants
• 47 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

1018 of Hiëw Mo̠s Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 47 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hiëw Mo̠s Kez 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

The the a suit of scale armour of Charm, an a suit of scale armour imbued with great amounts of Charm energies was created in Hiëw Mo̠s Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History