I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow (/ˈi̽q˔ɛf/ /mɛn/ [cultural] [reptile]) is a temperate Large City located in the Ḿoůma H́ueo̊ Moot of the Rosid.

The name I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow is derived from the Sylvin language, as I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow was founded by Tsialme, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing 0°C (32°F). I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow receives an average of 154 cm/y (60 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow covers an area of nearly 251 km² (100 mi²), and an average elevation of 2502 m (8208 ft) above sea level.

Overview

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow was founded durring the late 12th century in spring of the year 1097, by Tsialme. The establishment of I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow is buildings are arranged arround a single restrictive paverstone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Right off the bat I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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 I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow's parks.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

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

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

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

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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. I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow's grid is powered by an arcane means.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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 I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow's natural decorations nor waterways.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow 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

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow during thunderstorms, with each flash of lightning, everyone sees different monsters from the corner of their eyes.

The Sandman near I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Charm energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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.

I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow Census Data: Year 2000

22564 of I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1267 work in Agriculture
• 5001 work as Craftsmen
• 1874 work as Merchants
• 3468 work as Service Workers
• 2280 work as General Laborers
• 947 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3298 work as Civil Servants
• 1988 work in Cottage Industries
• 1253 work as Artists
• 1188 work in Produce Industries

35028 of I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2399 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow’s streets.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of I̽qüeëf Mën Hadfow. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History