Kad Lantun-zunk

Kad Lantun-zunk (/lanˈtuŋ/ /zunk/ [next] [war]) is a temperate Large City located in the Temryont Principality of the Soheque.

The name Kad Lantun-zunk is derived from the Goblin language, as Kad Lantun-zunk was founded by Zlkepîpí, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Kad Lantun-zunk has a yearly average temperature of 0°C (32°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 4°C (39°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -5°C (23°F). Kad Lantun-zunk receives an average of 271 cm/y (106 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kad Lantun-zunk covers an area of nearly 133 km² (53 mi²), and an average elevation of 2334 m (7657 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kad Lantun-zunk was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1211, by Zlkepîpí. The establishment of Kad Lantun-zunk suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Kad Lantun-zunk which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Kad Lantun-zunk was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kad Lantun-zunk is no diffrent. The city'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.

Kad Lantun-zunk is buildings are arranged within a network of narrow cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Kad Lantun-zunk's would-be-castle fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Kad Lantun-zunk is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This city is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

Kad Lantun-zunk possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Kad Lantun-zunk has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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 Kad Lantun-zunk. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kad Lantun-zunk's parks.

Kad Lantun-zunk has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Kad Lantun-zunk.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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.

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

Kad Lantun-zunk has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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.

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

Kad Lantun-zunk has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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. Kad Lantun-zunk's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Kad Lantun-zunk's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Kad Lantun-zunk has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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 Kad Lantun-zunk's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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.

Kad Lantun-zunk 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

Kad Lantun-zunk's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

In Kad Lantun-zunk there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Dvorovoi near Kad Lantun-zunk are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kad Lantun-zunk's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves bloodletting to channel Invocation energies of tier 1 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.

Kad Lantun-zunk Census Data: Year 2000

11738 of Kad Lantun-zunk's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 609 work in Agriculture
• 2632 work as Craftsmen
• 932 work as Merchants
• 1821 work as Service Workers
• 1214 work as General Laborers
• 495 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1697 work as Civil Servants
• 1057 work in Cottage Industries
• 649 work as Artists
• 632 work in Produce Industries

18595 of Kad Lantun-zunk's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 938 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kad Lantun-zunk's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Kad Lantun-zunk suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

POI

History

The the a club of Invocation, an a club imbued with potent amounts of Invocation energies was created near Kad Lantun-zunk by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History