Small City: Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq
Example Undermountain architecture.
StateUndermountain
ProvenceDådhÿh Kingdom
Sub ProvenceVetthoodkwehd Hold
RegionRăkhǐ Bǐgmě Maquis
Founded1122
Community LeaderLord Knellirh
Area12 km2 (4 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp22°C (71°F)
Average Elevation2352 m (7716 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation209 cm/y (82 in/y)
Population2848
Population Density237 people per km2 (712 people per mi2)
Town AuraNecromancy
Naming
Native nameRäz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq
Pronunciation/kə/ /ujˈbiq/
Direct Translation[thin )slender); slim] [nursery]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq (/kə/ /ujˈbiq/ [thin )slender); slim] [nursery]) is a subtropical Small City located in Vetthoodkwehd Hold, Dådhÿh Kingdom, within the Undermountain.

The name Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq is derived from the Sylvin language, as Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq was founded by Gaerthel, who was culturaly Undermountain.

Climate

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq receives an average of 209 cm/y (82 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq covers an area of nearly 12 km2 (4 mi2), and an average elevation of 2352 m (7716 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq was founded durring the early 12th century in fall of the year 1122, by Gaerthel. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq was built using the conventions of Undermountain durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brick construction taking the shape of large simple gemometric shapes which ate then embelished with decorative features, but retain their simple shapes in spite of the added features such as pillars, faccaddes, and covered walkways. The blocky nature gives a general impression of extreem age, as if each structure has existed since time immemorial.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of spacious packed earth streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Astonishigly, the brittle defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq gives the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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 Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq's parks.

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

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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.

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

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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 Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq's natural decorations nor waterways.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq 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

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Bogwid near Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq are known to be quite timid.

Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves gestures to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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: 5
  • Farmers: 8
  • Farm Laborer: 15
  • Hunters: 8
  • Milk Maids: 6
  • Ranchers: 3
  • Ranch Hands: 7
  • Shepherds: 7
    • Farmland: 11363 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 712
    • Poultry: 8544
    • Swine: 569
    • Sheep: 28
    • Goats: 5
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 284

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 5
  • Blacksmiths: 6
  • Bookbinders: 3
  • Buckle-makers: 3
  • Cabinetmakers: 6
  • Candlemakers: 10
  • Carpenters: 8
  • Clothmakers: 8
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 3
  • Coopers: 7
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 4
  • Copyists: 2
  • Cutlers: 2
  • Fabricworkers: 7
  • Farrier: 14
  • Furriers: 1
  • Glassworkers: 9
  • Gunsmiths: 6
  • Harness-Makers: 2
  • Hatters: 5
  • Hosiery Workers: 2
  • Jewelers: 3
  • Leatherwrights: 7
  • Locksmiths: 2
  • Matchstick makers: 4
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 3
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 3
  • Paper Workers: 4
  • Plasterers: 3
  • Pursemakers: 4
  • Roofers: 2
  • Ropemakers: 2
  • Rugmakers: 2
  • Saddlers: 5
  • Scabbardmakers: 5
  • Scalemakers: 3
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 2
  • Shoemakers: 2
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 9
  • Tailors: 16
  • Tanners: 3
  • Upholsterers: 4
  • Watchmakers: 3
  • Weavers: 8
  • Whitesmiths: 2

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
  • Arcana Sellers: 2
  • Beer-Sellers: 4
  • Booksellers: 4
  • Butchers: 6
  • Chandlers: 7
  • Chicken Butchers: 7
  • Entrepreneurs: 3
  • Fine Clothiers: 7
  • Fishmongers: 6
  • Florists: 1
  • Potion Sellers: 4
  • Resellers: 12
  • Spice Merchants: 3
  • Wine-sellers: 5
  • Wheelwright: 4
  • Woodsellers: 2

Service workers

  • Bakers: 14
  • Barbers: 18
  • Coachmen: 4
  • Cooks: 12
  • Doctors: 6
  • Gamekeepers: 4
  • Grooms: 2
  • Hairdressers: 8
  • Healers: 7
  • Housekeepers: 7
  • Housemaids: 20
  • House Stewards: 8
  • Inns: 2
  • Laundry maids: 5
  • Maidservants: 9
  • Nursery Maids: 5
  • Pastrycooks: 9
  • Restaurateur: 13
  • Tavern Keepers: 11

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 3
  • Bleachers: 2
  • Chemical Workers: 1
  • Coal Heavers: 5
  • In-Town Couriers: 6
  • Long Haul Couriers: 6
  • Dockyard Workers: 5
  • Gas Workers: 1
  • Hay Merchants: 2
  • Leech Collectors: 7
  • Millers: 6
  • Miners: 5
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 4
  • Postmen: 6
  • Pure Finder: 3
  • Skinners: 8
  • Sugar Refiners: 1
  • Tosher: 4
  • Warehousemen: 9
  • Watercarriers: 5
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 8

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 3
  • Alchemist: 4
  • Clerk: 6
  • Dentists: 2
  • Educators: 7
  • Engineers: 4
  • Gardeners: 2
  • Mages: 2
  • Plumbers: 2
  • Pharmacist: 3
  • Professors: 1
  • Scientists: 2
  • Wizards: 1

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 2
  • Bankers: 3
  • Civil Clerks: 6
  • Civic Iudex: 3
  • Consultants: 1
  • Exorcist: 6
  • Fixers: 3
  • Kami Clerk: 5
  • Landlords: 5
  • Lawyers: 3
  • Legend Keepers: 4
  • Militia Officers: 25
  • Monks, Monastic: 8
  • Monks, Civic: 10
  • Historian, Oral: 6
  • Historian, Textual: 3
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 6
  • Priests: 11
  • Rangers: 3
  • Rat Catchers: 4
  • Scholars: 4
  • Spiritualist: 5
  • Slayers: 1
  • Storytellers: 10
  • Military Officers: 9

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 8
  • Comfort Services: 10
  • Enchanters: 3
  • Herbalists: 3
  • Jaminators: 9
  • Needleworkers: 9
  • Potters: 4
  • Preserve Makers: 8
  • Quilters: 4
  • Seamsters: 14
  • Spinners: 8
  • Tinker: 3
  • Weaver: 7

Artists

  • Actors: 2
  • Architects: 1
  • Bards: 4
  • Costumers: 1
  • Dancers: 3
  • Drafters: 1
  • Engravers: 2
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 1
  • Glaziers: 3
  • Inlayers: 2
  • Musicians: 8
  • Painters, Art: 1
  • Playwrights: 3
  • Sculptors, Art: 2
  • Wood Carvers: 9
  • Writers: 10

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 8
  • Canners: 8
  • Cheesmakers: 10
  • Ice Merchants: 1
  • Millers: 5
  • Picklers: 4
  • Smokers: 3
  • Stockmakers: 3
  • Tobacconists: 4
  • Tallowmakers: 6

988 of Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1661 of Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 199 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq. Räz Ekyechḡ Uybÿq's militia's elite squad is named after .

History