Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre (/hutˈso/ /nroˈzre/ [nice] [answer]) is a temperate Large City located in the Ostmonwa Principality of the Olatkana.

The name Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre is derived from the Sylvin language, as Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre was founded by Giynayk, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre has a yearly average temperature of 2°C (35°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -17°C (2°F). Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre receives an average of 204 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the brutaly long winter months. Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre covers an area of nearly 173 km² (69 mi²), and an average elevation of 4406 m (14455 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre was founded durring the early 12th century in spring of the year 1124, by Giynayk. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre is no diffrent. The city'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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive cobblestone streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The city's would-be-castle fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

A look around Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop 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 Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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 Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's parks.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

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

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

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

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

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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. Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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 Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's natural decorations nor waterways.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre 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

While Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's mayor's house 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 Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Shredskin near Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre are known to be quite timid.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Charm energies of tier 2 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.

Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre Census Data: Year 2000

15536 of Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 855 work in Agriculture
• 3450 work as Craftsmen
• 1247 work as Merchants
• 2346 work as Service Workers
• 1605 work as General Laborers
• 644 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2273 work as Civil Servants
• 1411 work in Cottage Industries
• 880 work as Artists
• 825 work in Produce Industries

22907 of Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2453 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre, swallowing large sections of the community. Slæ̈rn Mïtá-nrozre lost 188 people, 157 livestock, and 84 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Cursed Fates Swallowing.

History