Nobun Vlen Med

Nobun Vlen Med (/ˈnobun/ /vlen/ [friendly] [tone; pitch]) is a temperate Large City located in the Meneghelmofe Earldom of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Nobun Vlen Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Nobun Vlen Med was founded by Kolvid Zaevnes, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Nobun Vlen Med has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Nobun Vlen Med receives an average of 204 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Nobun Vlen Med covers an area of nearly 257 km² (102 mi²), and an average elevation of 1460 m (4790 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nobun Vlen Med was founded durring the late 16th century in winter of the year 1471, by Kolvid Zaevnes. The establishment of Nobun Vlen Med was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Kolvid Zaevnes struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Nobun Vlen Med as a prison colony.

Nobun Vlen Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nobun Vlen Med 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.

Nobun Vlen Med is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive baked earthen streets which form triangular 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 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. Nobun Vlen Med's exceptionaly well made fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

Looking around Nobun Vlen Med you immediately realise that the locals are looking back at you. All of them. Everywhere you look somone is staring back at you analytically, looking over every inch of you, your gear, and your companions. As you get close to people, their hands move closer to their belt knife, or dagger. You may want to watch where you go and what you say...

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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.

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

Nobun Vlen Med has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Nobun Vlen 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. Nobun Vlen Med's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Nobun Vlen 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.

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

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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 Nobun Vlen Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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.

Nobun Vlen 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

Nobun Vlen Med's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Nobun Vlen Med.

The Sylph near Nobun Vlen Med are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Nobun Vlen Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sex to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via divine sermons.

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.

Nobun Vlen Med Census Data: Year 2000

23048 of Nobun Vlen Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1272 work in Agriculture
• 5098 work as Craftsmen
• 1838 work as Merchants
• 3677 work as Service Workers
• 2312 work as General Laborers
• 946 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3375 work as Civil Servants
• 2042 work in Cottage Industries
• 1250 work as Artists
• 1238 work in Produce Industries

35324 of Nobun Vlen Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2432 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Nobun Vlen Med is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Nobun Vlen Med's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History