Ngaho-dä Xluwuf

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf (/graˈanti/ /dɑ/ [guilty] [staff]) is a subtropical Small City located in the Gïtarejé Principality of the Nasdi.

The name Ngaho-dä Xluwuf is derived from the Goblin language, as Ngaho-dä Xluwuf was founded by Brë, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of 0°C (32°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -23°C (-9°F). Ngaho-dä Xluwuf receives an average of 262 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ngaho-dä Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 19 km² (7 mi²), and an average elevation of 3172 m (10406 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf was founded durring the early 15th century in spring of the year 1433, by Brë. The establishment of Ngaho-dä Xluwuf was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Brë electing to pay people to resettle in Ngaho-dä Xluwuf.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf is buildings are arranged arround a single crampt cobblestone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. Unfortuantly, these perhapse unnessisarily well built defences are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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 Ngaho-dä Xluwuf. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's parks.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ngaho-dä Xluwuf.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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.

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

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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 Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf 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

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Ngaho-dä Xluwuf.

The Wolf, Dire near Ngaho-dä Xluwuf are known to be quite timid.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves ritual combat to channel Invocation energies of tier 1 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.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

1707 of Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 98 work in Agriculture
• 386 work as Craftsmen
• 139 work as Merchants
• 260 work as Service Workers
• 174 work as General Laborers
• 67 work as Skilled Laborers
• 258 work as Civil Servants
• 151 work in Cottage Industries
• 86 work as Artists
• 88 work in Produce Industries

2710 of Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 281 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Ngaho-dä Xluwuf is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Ngaho-dä Xluwuf suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of protected Ngaho-dä Xluwuf's harvest from an army of bandits. Ngaho-dä Xluwuf created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History