The name Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu is derived from the Gnollish language, as Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu was founded by Saelheneb vyim Roxlendcu, who was culturaly Gnollish.
Climate
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu has a yearly average temperature of 5°C (41°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 16°C (60°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -5°C (23°F). Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu receives an average of 223 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu covers an area of nearly 5 km2 (2 mi2), and an average elevation of 1774 m (5820 ft) above sea level.
Overview
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu was founded durring the late 13th century in fall of the year 1191, by Saelheneb vyim Roxlendcu. The establishment of Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's construction back out of the project. Saelheneb vyim Roxlendcu pushed on reguardles, and Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.
Nkäpï-xerl 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 emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's somewhat suffishent have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.
Even the most brief look arround Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The town is most certainly a god fearing community. It’s also definitely a god loving community. THe streetcornors are occupied by preachers, with the occasional intersection playing host to an actually friendly debate relating to the merits of various gods. Even the less popular as well as the less politically loved gods seem to have a space in Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu, there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.
Civic Infrastructure
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.
Nkäpï-xerl 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 Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's parks.
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu.
Nkäpï-xerl 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.
Nkäpï-xerl 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.
Nkäpï-xerl 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.
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.
Nkäpï-xerl 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 Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's natural decorations nor waterways.
Nkäpï-xerl 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.
Nkäpï-xerl 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
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.
Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu.
The Leshy, Leaf near Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu are known to be more aggressive than normal.
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves performance art to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 1 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.
Agriculture
Dairy Farmers: 2
Farmers: 4
Farm Laborer: 8
Hunters: 5
Milk Maids: 3
Ranchers: 1
Ranch Hands: 4
Shepherds: 3
Farmland: 5456 m2
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 336
Poultry: 4032
Swine: 268
Sheep: 13
Goats: 2
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 134
Craftsmen
Arms and Toolmakers: 2
Blacksmiths: 3
Bookbinders: 1
Buckle-makers: 1
Cabinetmakers: 3
Candlemakers: 4
Carpenters: 3
Clothmakers: 3
Coach and Harness Makers: 1
Coopers: 3
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
Copyists: 1
Cutlers: 1
Fabricworkers: 3
Farrier: 7
Glassworkers: 4
Gunsmiths: 3
Harness-Makers: 1
Hatters: 2
Jewelers: 1
Leatherwrights: 3
Locksmiths: 1
Matchstick makers: 2
Musical Instrument Makers: 1
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Paper Workers: 1
Plasterers: 1
Pursemakers: 2
Roofers: 1
Ropemakers: 1
Rugmakers: 1
Saddlers: 2
Scabbardmakers: 2
Scalemakers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Shoemakers: 1
Soap and Tallow Workers: 5
Tailors: 10
Tanners: 1
Upholsterers: 1
Watchmakers: 1
Weavers: 4
Whitesmiths: 1
Merchants
Beer-Sellers: 1
Booksellers: 2
Butchers: 3
Chandlers: 3
Chicken Butchers: 4
Entrepreneurs: 1
Fine Clothiers: 3
Fishmongers: 3
Potion Sellers: 2
Resellers: 6
Spice Merchants: 1
Wine-sellers: 2
Wheelwright: 2
Woodsellers: 1
Service workers
Bakers: 6
Barbers: 6
Coachmen: 1
Cooks: 5
Doctors: 2
Gamekeepers: 2
Grooms: 1
Hairdressers: 4
Healers: 3
Housekeepers: 4
Housemaids: 7
House Stewards: 3
Inns: 1
Laundry maids: 2
Maidservants: 4
Nursery Maids: 2
Pastrycooks: 5
Restaurateur: 6
Tavern Keepers: 5
Specialized Laborer
Ashworkers: 1
Bleachers: 1
Coal Heavers: 2
In-Town Couriers: 3
Long Haul Couriers: 2
Dockyard Workers: 2
Hay Merchants: 1
Leech Collectors: 3
Millers: 3
Miners: 3
Oilmen and Polishers: 2
Postmen: 2
Pure Finder: 1
Skinners: 3
Tosher: 2
Warehousemen: 4
Watercarriers: 2
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 4
Skilled Laborers
Accountants: 1
Alchemist: 2
Clerk: 2
Dentists: 1
Educators: 3
Engineers: 1
Gardeners: 1
Mages: 1
Plumbers: 1
Pharmacist: 1
Civil Servants
Adventurers: 1
Bankers: 1
Civil Clerks: 2
Civic Iudex: 1
Exorcist: 2
Fixers: 1
Kami Clerk: 2
Landlords: 2
Lawyers: 1
Legend Keepers: 2
Militia Officers: 12
Monks, Monastic: 3
Monks, Civic: 4
Historian, Oral: 3
Historian, Textual: 1
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 3
Priests: 4
Rangers: 1
Rat Catchers: 2
Scholars: 2
Spiritualist: 2
Storytellers: 4
Military Officers: 4
Cottage Industries
Brewers: 3
Comfort Services: 5
Enchanters: 1
Herbalists: 1
Jaminators: 4
Needleworkers: 4
Potters: 2
Preserve Makers: 4
Quilters: 1
Seamsters: 7
Spinners: 3
Tinker: 1
Weaver: 3
Artists
Actors: 1
Bards: 2
Dancers: 1
Engravers: 1
Glaziers: 1
Inlayers: 1
Musicians: 4
Playwrights: 1
Sculptors, Art: 1
Wood Carvers: 4
Writers: 4
Produce Industries
Butter Churners: 4
Canners: 4
Cheesmakers: 4
Millers: 2
Picklers: 2
Smokers: 1
Stockmakers: 1
Tobacconists: 2
Tallowmakers: 2
421 of Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's population work within a Foundational Occupation.
28 work in Agriculture
93 work as Craftsmen
34 work as Merchants
69 work as Service Workers
41 work as General Laborers
14 work as Skilled Laborers
60 work as Civil Servants
39 work in Cottage Industries
21 work as Artists
22 work in Produce Industries
897 of Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 26 (2%) are noncontributers.
Points of Interest
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.
POI
History
Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's residents established a new industry (23163 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.
In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu lost 195 people, 191 livestock, and 78 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 169, when members of Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's militia enacted an operation to transport a specific resource to a particular prison unharmed. The operation was complicated by a trusted officer who turned traitor and defects. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in defeat for Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Nkäpï-xerl Rudnoplu's bards, historians, and legend keepers.