Nël Nteqüe Med

Nël Nteqüe Med (/nɛl/ /nteq˔/ [bad] [excuse]) is a temperate Large City located in the Balhei County of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Nël Nteqüe Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Nël Nteqüe Med was founded by Correcu Chebedric, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Nël Nteqüe Med has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -12°C (11°F). Nël Nteqüe Med receives an average of 154 cm/y (60 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nël Nteqüe Med covers an area of nearly 538 km² (215 mi²), and an average elevation of 5732 m (18805 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nël Nteqüe Med was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1068, by Correcu Chebedric. The establishment of Nël Nteqüe Med was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Nël Nteqüe Med's construction back out of the project. Correcu Chebedric pushed on reguardles, and Nël Nteqüe Med was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Nël Nteqüe Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med is buildings folow an organic layout of restrictive paverstone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Unfortuantly, these exceptionaly well made fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Right off the bat Nël Nteqüe Med hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things.

Civic Infrastructure

Nël Nteqüe Med possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Nël Nteqüe Med has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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 Nël Nteqüe Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Nël Nteqüe Med's parks.

Nël Nteqüe Med has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Nël Nteqüe Med.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Nël Nteqüe Med has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

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

Nël Nteqüe Med has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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. Nël Nteqüe Med's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Nël Nteqüe Med has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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 Nël Nteqüe Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med 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

Nël Nteqüe Med's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Nël Nteqüe Med's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Nël Nteqüe Med.

The Amoeba Swarm near Nël Nteqüe Med are known to be quite timid.

Nël Nteqüe Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Chronomancy 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.

Nël Nteqüe Med Census Data: Year 2000

47809 of Nël Nteqüe Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2651 work in Agriculture
• 10671 work as Craftsmen
• 3833 work as Merchants
• 7142 work as Service Workers
• 4910 work as General Laborers
• 2003 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6948 work as Civil Servants
• 4350 work in Cottage Industries
• 2581 work as Artists
• 2720 work in Produce Industries

75506 of Nël Nteqüe Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2516 (2%) are noncontributers.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Nël Nteqüe Med suffered the most. Nël Nteqüe Med lost 292 people, 308 livestock, and 20 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Agony.

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