Shenu Våz Ckez

Shenu Våz Ckez (/s̼eˈnu/ /vɑːz/ [controversy] [spoon]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Evwåschyothäb Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Shenu Våz Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Shenu Våz Ckez was founded by Èbêyê Eghehf, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Shenu Våz Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Shenu Våz Ckez receives an average of 287 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Shenu Våz Ckez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3230 m (10597 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Shenu Våz Ckez was founded durring the early 10th century, by Èbêyê Eghehf. The establishment of Shenu Våz Ckez suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Shenu Våz Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Shenu Våz Ckez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Shenu Våz Ckez is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious worn bedrock streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. The town's failry decent fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Shenu Våz Ckez is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Shenu Våz Ckez 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.

Shenu Våz Ckez has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Shenu Våz Ckez 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.

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

Shenu Våz Ckez possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Shenu Våz Ckez has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Shenu Våz Ckez 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

Shenu Våz Ckez's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Shenu Våz Ckez there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Ramidreju near Shenu Våz Ckez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Shenu Våz Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves square dance to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 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.

Shenu Våz Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

278 of Shenu Våz Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 59 work as Craftsmen
• 19 work as Merchants
• 44 work as Service Workers
• 28 work as General Laborers
• 9 work as Skilled Laborers
• 43 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 11 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

652 of Shenu Våz Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 38 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Shenu Våz Ckez was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

Shenu Våz Ckez's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Shenu Våz Ckez suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of secured a clean water supply for . Shenu Våz Ckez created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History