Maz Srömye Hadfow

Maz Srömye Hadfow (/maz/ /ˈsro˞mje/ [miniature] [deputy]) is a subtropical Large City located in Trirmzikhe Zone, Asu Pamo Nopozopa District, within the Alveria.

The name Maz Srömye Hadfow is derived from the Goblin language, as Maz Srömye Hadfow was founded by Dyegênka, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Maz Srömye Hadfow has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Maz Srömye Hadfow receives an average of 72 cm/y (28 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Maz Srömye Hadfow covers an area of nearly 51 km² (20 mi²), and an average elevation of 4286 m (14061 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Maz Srömye Hadfow was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1240, by Dyegênka. The establishment of Maz Srömye Hadfow was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Dyegênka struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Maz Srömye Hadfow as a prison colony.

Maz Srömye Hadfow was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Maz Srömye Hadfow 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.

Maz Srömye Hadfow is is constructed arround a series of restrictive split-log ties mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Maz Srömye Hadfow, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The city's Relic of the World That Was have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Maz Srömye 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

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

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

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

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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.

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

Maz Srömye Hadfow has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Maz Srömye 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. Maz Srömye Hadfow's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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 Maz Srömye Hadfow's natural decorations nor waterways.

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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.

Maz Srömye 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.

Cultural Notes

Maz Srömye Hadfow's bank 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Maz Srömye Hadfow.

The Drake, Flame near Maz Srömye Hadfow are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Maz Srömye Hadfow's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Charm energies of tier 1 via proclamations.

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.

Maz Srömye Hadfow Census Data: Year 2000

4468 of Maz Srömye Hadfow's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 240 work in Agriculture
• 986 work as Craftsmen
• 367 work as Merchants
• 688 work as Service Workers
• 455 work as General Laborers
• 181 work as Skilled Laborers
• 673 work as Civil Servants
• 392 work in Cottage Industries
• 243 work as Artists
• 243 work in Produce Industries

7056 of Maz Srömye Hadfow's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 480 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Maz Srömye Hadfow's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

Almost every community has some problem with bandits and highwaymen, but Maz Srömye Hadfow is seriously plagued with raiders. One or more groups of persistent plunderers are hitting the community repeatedly, and they lack the necessary resources to fend them off or protect all their holdings.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Maz Srömye Hadfow was attacked by a renegade group of the army. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Maz Srömye Hadfow lost 194 people, 223 livestock, and 72 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 39, when members of Maz Srömye Hadfow's militia enacted an operation to locate a particular prison. The operation was complicated by the militia had access to far less resources than expected. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Maz Srömye Hadfow's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Maz Srömye Hadfow's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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