Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf (/law/ /kjomf/ [casual] [song]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Tákzrá Principality of the Tano.

The name Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf is derived from the Goblin language, as Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf was founded by Hèshê, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of 1°C (33°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 9°C (48°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -6°C (22°F). Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf receives an average of 206 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 181 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 1864 m (6115 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf was founded durring the late 17th century in late summer of the year 1566, by Hèshê. The establishment of Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's construction back out of the project. Hèshê pushed on reguardles, and Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf is was constructed arround several spacious baked earthen 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 city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. The budget oriented has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf 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.

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

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf 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. Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf 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 Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf 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.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf 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

While Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's town hall 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, winter is short in Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf.

The Gravebound near Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Summoning 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.

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

16126 of Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 889 work in Agriculture
• 3566 work as Craftsmen
• 1369 work as Merchants
• 2488 work as Service Workers
• 1619 work as General Laborers
• 670 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2307 work as Civil Servants
• 1429 work in Cottage Industries
• 923 work as Artists
• 866 work in Produce Industries

25268 of Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1280 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

The the a rowboat of Transmutation, an a rowboat imbued with notable amounts of Transmutation energies was created near Ngätá-kjomf Xluwuf by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History