Sdo Gravär-glowhärt

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt ([root words not on file] [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Metropolis located in the Qovuzeta Forest of the forest.

The name Sdo Gravär-glowhärt is derived from the Constructi language, as Sdo Gravär-glowhärt was founded by Vur Tununzic Tibe Shumarza Êbêpí, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Sdo Gravär-glowhärt receives an average of 291 cm/y (114 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Sdo Gravär-glowhärt covers an area of nearly 422 km² (168 mi²), and an average elevation of 1204 m (3950 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1213, by Vur Tununzic Tibe Shumarza Êbêpí. The establishment of Sdo Gravär-glowhärt was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Vur Tununzic Tibe Shumarza Êbêpí struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Sdo Gravär-glowhärt as a prison colony.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sdo Gravär-glowhärt is no diffrent. The metropolis's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt is is constructed arround a series of premissive canals mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The valley metropolis rests behind a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, and battlments. Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. The unusual yet seemingly effective fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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 metropolis 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 Sdo Gravär-glowhärt the more you start to wonder if you’ve entered some strange open-concept University rather than a metropolis, but you can’t quite say such with certainty.

Civic Infrastructure

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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 Sdo Gravär-glowhärt. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's parks.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Sdo Gravär-glowhärt.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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.

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

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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 Metropolis. Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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 Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt 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

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Sdo Gravär-glowhärt.

The is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom. near Sdo Gravär-glowhärt are known to be quite timid.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves line dance to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via throat chanting.

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 Eyom'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.

Sdo Gravär-glowhärt Census Data: Year 2000

1182590 of Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 68664 work in Agriculture
• 268168 work as Craftsmen
• 95585 work as Merchants
• 176403 work as Service Workers
• 119534 work as General Laborers
• 48111 work as Skilled Laborers
• 172405 work as Civil Servants
• 104481 work in Cottage Industries
• 67301 work as Artists
• 61938 work in Produce Industries

1784973 of Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 156187 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Sdo Gravär-glowhärt possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami granted the town a great harvest. One of Sdo Gravär-glowhärt's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History