Hÿhwy Og Ckez

Hÿhwy Og Ckez (/hɪ̘wʤ/ /oʤ/ [free] [plastic]) is a subtropical Town located in Víhswej County, Ekÿhewtzacwafshÿttÿh Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Hÿhwy Og Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Hÿhwy Og Ckez was founded by Mbó̄kīb Ca̋mé̄ 'Cherly Ella' Ha̋nvé̄b Hāstär Nīń̄ Raycqug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Hÿhwy Og Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Hÿhwy Og Ckez receives an average of 133 cm/y (52 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Hÿhwy Og Ckez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 14138 m (3434 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hÿhwy Og Ckez was founded durring the early 12th century in spring of the year 1129, by Mbó̄kīb Ca̋mé̄ 'Cherly Ella' Ha̋nvé̄b Hāstär Nīń̄ Raycqug. The establishment of Hÿhwy Og Ckez was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Mbó̄kīb Ca̋mé̄ 'Cherly Ella' Ha̋nvé̄b Hāstär Nīń̄ Raycqug electing to pay people to resettle in Hÿhwy Og Ckez.

Hÿhwy Og Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hÿhwy Og Ckez 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.

Hÿhwy Og Ckez is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of spacious paverstone streets which form triangular 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 renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Hÿhwy Og Ckez's size could have. Hÿhwy Og Ckez's well-designed, yet cheep 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.

Your first impression of Hÿhwy Og Ckez proves to be right on the money. This town is where the rebels chose to settle. Fashion trends are quite simply the opposite of what’s popular in the other nearby communities. THis trend extends everywhere. Things that should be black are white, what would normally be square is organically curved, and what is typically unthinkable for polite society is more than welcome in this public square. Up to the logical limits, of course. There’s no flaying someone alive to eat their skin going on, but the women are dressed a little immodestly, the men are a little more emotional, and the food is all overly complex and terrible.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Hÿhwy Og 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.

Hÿhwy Og 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.

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

Hÿhwy Og Ckez has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Hÿhwy Og 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Hÿhwy Og Ckez's chapel 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..

In Hÿhwy Og Ckez there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Skin Stitcher near Hÿhwy Og Ckez are known to be quite timid.

Hÿhwy Og Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Summoning 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.

Hÿhwy Og Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

348 of Hÿhwy Og Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 78 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

787 of Hÿhwy Og Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 23 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hÿhwy Og Ckez's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Hÿhwy Og Ckez was attacked by a group of nobles with their private armies. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Hÿhwy Og Ckez lost 137 people, 265 livestock, and 79 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 45, when members of Hÿhwy Og Ckez's militia enacted an operation to secure a particular prison to utilize it for a specific task. The operation was complicated by one of the key objectives in the operation requiring sticking to a very strict and short time table. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Hÿhwy Og Ckez's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Hÿhwy Og Ckez's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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