Sdo Vahijo-jamfa

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa (/ˈnobun/ /jamˈfa/ [friendly] [ice]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Mogane Province of the Confederation of Goblin Tribes.

The name Sdo Vahijo-jamfa is derived from the Gnollish language, as Sdo Vahijo-jamfa was founded by Nyhz vyim Tæ̝lnyi, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Sdo Vahijo-jamfa receives an average of 290 cm/y (114 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Sdo Vahijo-jamfa covers an area of nearly 499 km² (199 mi²), and an average elevation of 2140 m (7020 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1263, by Nyhz vyim Tæ̝lnyi. 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 Nyhz vyim Tæ̝lnyi.

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sdo Vahijo-jamfa is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa is buildings folow an organic layout of premissive flagstone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences 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.

Right off the bat Sdo Vahijo-jamfa hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

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

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa 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. Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa 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.

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

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa 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 Vahijo-jamfa 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 Vahijo-jamfa's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa 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 Vahijo-jamfa 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 Vahijo-jamfa 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 Vahijo-jamfa 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 Vahijo-jamfa's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Sdo Vahijo-jamfa sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Herd Animal, Stag near Sdo Vahijo-jamfa are known to be quite timid.

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves orgies to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via proclamations.

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.

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa Census Data: Year 2000

44994 of Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2558 work in Agriculture
• 10416 work as Craftsmen
• 3705 work as Merchants
• 6473 work as Service Workers
• 4610 work as General Laborers
• 1805 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6438 work as Civil Servants
• 4054 work in Cottage Industries
• 2476 work as Artists
• 2459 work in Produce Industries

63928 of Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 9471 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

Sdo Vahijo-jamfa used to be much richer, but something happened in the last (23605 % 6)+1 years to crush its source of prosperity. Different factions of the community might be trying to grasp at the remaining dregs of wealth, others might try to restart the failed industry, and some might look for a new livelihood. Any group or entity thought responsible for the collapse is likely to be treated very harshly, and some locals might find profit in shifting the blame to their enemies.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Sdo Vahijo-jamfa was attacked by a group of nobles with their private armies. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Sdo Vahijo-jamfa lost 174 people, 299 livestock, and 46 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 142, when members of Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's militia enacted an operation to construct defenses in a particular bridge. The operation was complicated by the officer in charge of Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's forces was incompetent, and issue many foolish and-or unprofessional orders. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in victory for Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Sdo Vahijo-jamfa's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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