Nogo̠r Ket Ner

Nogo̠r Ket Ner (/ˈnogo̠r/ /ket/ [dangerous] [nephew]) is a subtropical Town located in the Brotlëftavremōf Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Nogo̠r Ket Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Nogo̠r Ket Ner was founded by Gucun Wandec, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Nogo̠r Ket Ner has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 1°C (33°F). Nogo̠r Ket Ner receives an average of 151 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nogo̠r Ket Ner covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3900 m (12795 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nogo̠r Ket Ner was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1162, by Gucun Wandec. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Gucun Wandec.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nogo̠r Ket Ner is no diffrent. The town'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.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner is buildings are arranged within a network of broad baked earthen streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The town's peasent-grade are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Nogo̠r Ket Ner ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The people are clearly worried about something, and everyone is either wearing a weapon or has one close at hand. Your gut tells you it’s not mere fate which has caused this town to begin failing...

Civic Infrastructure

Nogo̠r Ket Ner has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Nogo̠r Ket Ner.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner 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.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner 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.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner 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.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner 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.

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

Nogo̠r Ket Ner has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner 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.

Cultural Notes

Two or more groups of citizens within Nogo̠r Ket Ner hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner's bank 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 skipped in Nogo̠r Ket Ner.

The Ice Elemental, Large near Nogo̠r Ket Ner are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Nogo̠r Ket Ner Census Data: Year 2000

376 of Nogo̠r Ket Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 58 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

762 of Nogo̠r Ket Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 72 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Nogo̠r Ket Ner's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Nogo̠r Ket Ner was attacked by a renegade group of the army. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Nogo̠r Ket Ner lost 244 people, 192 livestock, and 96 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 32, when members of Nogo̠r Ket Ner's militia enacted an operation to gain control of a particular strategic location. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with the defense of the strategic location against a siege, which ended in victory for Nogo̠r Ket Ner's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Nogo̠r Ket Ner's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History