Iyuzeld Lágd-melk

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk (/lə˞gd/ /melk/ [former] [colony; flock]) is a temperate Town located in the Vejkzmekáf Principality of the Koiapian City-state.

The name Iyuzeld Lágd-melk is derived from the Gnollish language, as Iyuzeld Lágd-melk was founded by Cerunidae vyim Yuvnotems, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 8°C (46°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Iyuzeld Lágd-melk receives an average of 248 cm/y (97 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Iyuzeld Lágd-melk covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2116 m (6942 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1165, by Cerunidae vyim Yuvnotems. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Iyuzeld Lágd-melk is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brick construction taking the shape of large simple gemometric shapes which ate then embelished with decorative features, but retain their simple shapes in spite of the added features such as pillars, faccaddes, and covered walkways. The blocky nature gives a general impression of extreem age, as if each structure has existed since time immemorial.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt worn bedrock mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based walls are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk has the unmistakable air of a town 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. Whatever industry once fueled Iyuzeld Lágd-melk ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The locals seem to have responded to their slow downfall by recreating Iyuzeld Lágd-melk as one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which the town brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Iyuzeld Lágd-melk.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk 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.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk 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.

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

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk 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.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk 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

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk'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..

In Iyuzeld Lágd-melk hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Urdefhan near Iyuzeld Lágd-melk are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves reenactments to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via throat chanting.

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.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk Census Data: Year 2000

339 of Iyuzeld Lágd-melk's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 56 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

690 of Iyuzeld Lágd-melk's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 54 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Iyuzeld Lágd-melk makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Iyuzeld Lágd-melk was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Iyuzeld Lágd-melk lost 103 people, 281 livestock, and 88 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 32, when members of Iyuzeld Lágd-melk's militia enacted an operation to fortify a particular strategic location. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Iyuzeld Lágd-melk's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Iyuzeld Lágd-melk's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History