Iöho Mbaz Ner

Iöho Mbaz Ner (/ˈjo˞ho/ /mbaz/ [keen] [chapter]) is a subtropical Town located in the Qujusukoga Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Iöho Mbaz Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Iöho Mbaz Ner was founded by Dyëm Feasey Guest Baird Warai, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Iöho Mbaz Ner has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Iöho Mbaz Ner receives an average of 75 cm/y (29 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Iöho Mbaz Ner covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7726 m (-17601 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Iöho Mbaz Ner was founded durring the early 10th century, by Dyëm Feasey Guest Baird Warai. The establishment of Iöho Mbaz Ner suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Iöho Mbaz Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Iöho Mbaz Ner is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Iöho Mbaz Ner is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt gravel 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 timber-based walls have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Iöho Mbaz Ner has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. 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 just 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. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Iöho Mbaz Ner long.

Civic Infrastructure

Iöho Mbaz Ner has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Iöho Mbaz Ner has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Iöho Mbaz Ner.

Iöho Mbaz Ner 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.

Iöho Mbaz Ner 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.

Iöho Mbaz Ner 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.

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

Iöho Mbaz Ner has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Iöho Mbaz Ner 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.

Iöho Mbaz Ner 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

Iöho Mbaz Ner's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Iöho Mbaz Ner all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Oni, Ja Noi near Iöho Mbaz Ner are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Iöho Mbaz Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 via singing.

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.

Iöho Mbaz Ner Census Data: Year 2000

367 of Iöho Mbaz Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 52 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

795 of Iöho Mbaz Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 48 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Iöho Mbaz Ner is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Iöho Mbaz Ner is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with wealth for a year and a day. One of Iöho Mbaz Ner's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History