Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu (/jiz/ /fok zanw/ [mobile; portable] [thumb]) is a temperate Town located in the Slïrddáms Principality of the Cochian City-state.

The name Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu is derived from the Gnollish language, as Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu was founded by Albino Cave Spiders vyim Glə˞graɑgki, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu has a yearly average temperature of 5°C (41°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 2°C (35°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu receives an average of 205 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2096 m (6876 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1313, by Albino Cave Spiders vyim Glə˞graɑgki. The establishment of Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu is buildings are arranged arround a single narrow cobblestone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu's size could have. Unfortuantly, these well-designed, yet cheep are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The locals seem to have responded to their slow downfall by recreating Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu as one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which the town brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu 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 Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu's parks.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu 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.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu 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.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu 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.

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

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu 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 Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu 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.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is inspired by the natural world, characterized by sinuous, sculptural, organic shapes, arches, curving lines, and sensual ornamentation. Common motifs included stylized versions of leaves, flowers, vines, insects, animals, and other natural elements. Decorative elements found on the inside and outside of buildings include intricate mosaic work, curved windows, and decorative trim work. .

In Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Xtabay near Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves line dance to channel Conjuration energies of tier 2 via throat 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.

Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu Census Data: Year 2000

489 of Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 30 work in Agriculture
• 113 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 79 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 66 work as Civil Servants
• 47 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

966 of Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 45 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Mïpotá-fok Zanw Rudnoplu. The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History