Muv Rōkwö Vrët

Muv Rōkwö Vrët (/muv/ /ˈroːkwo˞/ [polite] [camel]) is a subtropical Town located in Chyolzæs Zone, Qěvrìlæh District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Muv Rōkwö Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Muv Rōkwö Vrët was founded by Bhedorru Dhozarthin, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Muv Rōkwö Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Muv Rōkwö Vrët receives an average of 308 cm/y (121 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Muv Rōkwö Vrët covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2992 m (9816 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Muv Rōkwö Vrët was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1349, by Bhedorru Dhozarthin. The establishment of Muv Rōkwö Vrët suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Muv Rōkwö Vrët which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive cobblestone streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Muv Rōkwö Vrët makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye.

Civic Infrastructure

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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 Muv Rōkwö Vrët. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Muv Rōkwö Vrët's parks.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Muv Rōkwö Vrët.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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.

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

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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 Muv Rōkwö Vrët's natural decorations nor waterways.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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

Muv Rōkwö Vrët's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is long in Muv Rōkwö Vrët.

The Blood Bush near Muv Rōkwö Vrët are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 1 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.

Muv Rōkwö Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

449 of Muv Rōkwö Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 101 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 74 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 65 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

885 of Muv Rōkwö Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 85 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Muv Rōkwö Vrët is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

Muv Rōkwö Vrët 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.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami spared the town a natural disaster. One of Muv Rōkwö Vrët's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History