Nùskèf Se

Nùskèf Se (/nʊs/ /kɛf/ [urine] [day; date; world]) is a subtropical Town located in Fieldness Dutchy, Síhtiznur Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Nùskèf Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Nùskèf Se was founded by Zlèdshëm Owens, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Nùskèf Se has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Nùskèf Se receives an average of 135 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Nùskèf Se covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5010 m (16437 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nùskèf Se was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1153, by Zlèdshëm Owens. The establishment of Nùskèf Se was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zlèdshëm Owens struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Nùskèf Se as a prison colony.

Nùskèf Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nùskèf Se 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.

Nùskèf Se is is constructed arround a series of premissive flagstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town 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. Astonishigly, the exceptionaly well made fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Nùskèf Se seems to be abandoned at first. There are people present, working their trades and going about their business like any community, it’s just they are absurdly quiet. Just as you start to think there might be trouble, you see most of them are reading. The entire town feels like a library, with those not reading remaining quite to not disturb those who have their nose in a book. The longer you remain in Nùskèf Se the more you start to wonder if you’ve entered some strange open-concept University rather than a town, but you can’t quite say such with certainty.

Civic Infrastructure

Nùskèf Se 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 Nùskèf Se. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Nùskèf Se's parks.

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

Nùskèf Se 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.

Nùskèf Se 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.

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

Nùskèf Se 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 Town. Nùskèf Se's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Nùskèf Se has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Nùskèf Se 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 Nùskèf Se's natural decorations nor waterways.

Nùskèf Se 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.

Nùskèf Se 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

Nùskèf Se's locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

Nùskèf Se's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is short in Nùskèf Se.

The Howler near Nùskèf Se are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Nùskèf Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sex to channel Necromancy energies of tier 3 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.

Nùskèf Se Census Data: Year 2000

467 of Nùskèf Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 100 work as Craftsmen
• 38 work as Merchants
• 76 work as Service Workers
• 49 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 69 work as Civil Servants
• 43 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

902 of Nùskèf Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 102 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Nùskèf Se's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

The the a crossbow of Abjuration, an a crossbow imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Nupt-kéohvek Rudnoplu by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History