Mäpt Nkäpái-yik

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik (/njolt/ /jic/ [ancient] [wave (ocean); surge]) is a subtropical Town located in Idêdèsê County, Åx̄gÿhlvoÿhchpheh Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Mäpt Nkäpái-yik is derived from the Gnollish language, as Mäpt Nkäpái-yik was founded by Ihzeh vyim Mɑnkfilf, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Mäpt Nkäpái-yik receives an average of 255 cm/y (100 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Mäpt Nkäpái-yik covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1714 m (5623 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik was founded durring the late 10th century, by Ihzeh vyim Mɑnkfilf. The establishment of Mäpt Nkäpái-yik was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Mäpt Nkäpái-yik's construction back out of the project. Ihzeh vyim Mɑnkfilf pushed on reguardles, and Mäpt Nkäpái-yik was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mäpt Nkäpái-yik is no diffrent. The town'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.

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik is was constructed arround several broad packed earth mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The town posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Mäpt Nkäpái-yik weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Unfortuantly, these budget focused millitary grade defenses are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

The town shows nothing out of the ordinary, at first glance. Then you start to notice all the small things. Each window has seven iron nails pounded into the sill. Every door has a sprig of holly overhead. Every well is branded with purity seals and runes to ward the contents. Everyone is carrying a small charm for safety or fortune, be it a rabbit’s foot, a horseshoe, or other little totems.

Civic Infrastructure

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mäpt Nkäpái-yik.

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik 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.

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik 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.

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

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik 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.

Cultural Notes

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Mäpt Nkäpái-yik hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Yothga near Mäpt Nkäpái-yik are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Summoning energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik Census Data: Year 2000

352 of Mäpt Nkäpái-yik's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 74 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 60 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

802 of Mäpt Nkäpái-yik's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 23 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Mäpt Nkäpái-yik's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

Mäpt Nkäpái-yik is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

The the a bottle of Transmutation, an a bottle imbued with great amounts of Transmutation energies was created near Mäpt Nkäpái-yik by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History