Kad Nkága-īäp

Kad Nkága-īäp (/gloˈllæ̝sdu/ /jæ̝p/ [smooth; sleek] [pocket]) is a temperate Large City located in the Kïlxcïäj Principality of the Yastas.

The name Kad Nkága-īäp is derived from the Goblin language, as Kad Nkága-īäp was founded by H́å, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Kad Nkága-īäp has a yearly average temperature of 3°C (37°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a freezing -5°C (23°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Kad Nkága-īäp receives an average of 249 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kad Nkága-īäp covers an area of nearly 255 km² (102 mi²), and an average elevation of 1834 m (6017 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kad Nkága-īäp was founded durring the late 12th century in fall of the year 1051, by H́å. The establishment of Kad Nkága-īäp was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to H́å electing to pay people to resettle in Kad Nkága-īäp.

Kad Nkága-īäp was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kad Nkága-īäp 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.

Kad Nkága-īäp is buildings are arranged within a network of crampt split-log ties 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 has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Kad Nkága-īäp's cost-cutting-focused defences are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A look around Kad Nkága-īäp seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Kad Nkága-īäp has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Kad Nkága-īäp 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 Nkága-īäp's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

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

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

Kad Nkága-īäp 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 Nkága-īäp 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 Nkága-īäp's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kad Nkága-īäp 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 Nkága-īäp 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 Nkága-īäp 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.

Kad Nkága-īäp 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

Kad Nkága-īäp's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Kad Nkága-īäp's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Kad Nkága-īäp.

The Festrog near Kad Nkága-īäp are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kad Nkága-īäp's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves line dance to channel Conjuration 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.

Kad Nkága-īäp Census Data: Year 2000

23150 of Kad Nkága-īäp's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1298 work in Agriculture
• 5090 work as Craftsmen
• 1859 work as Merchants
• 3479 work as Service Workers
• 2399 work as General Laborers
• 956 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3454 work as Civil Servants
• 2081 work in Cottage Industries
• 1311 work as Artists
• 1223 work in Produce Industries

34454 of Kad Nkága-īäp's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2400 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kad Nkága-īäp is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Kad Nkága-īäp, swallowing large sections of the community. Kad Nkága-īäp lost 251 people, 278 livestock, and 72 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Hate Swallowing.

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