Smōd Stren Ner

Smōd Stren Ner (/smoːd/ /stren/ [serial] [start; beginning]) is a temperate Town located in the Gde̜ngwatyod Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Smōd Stren Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Smōd Stren Ner was founded by Trëmë Gharthat, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Smōd Stren Ner has a yearly average temperature of 3°C (37°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -18°C (0°F). Smōd Stren Ner receives an average of 308 cm/y (121 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Smōd Stren Ner covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2422 m (7946 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Smōd Stren Ner was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1383, by Trëmë Gharthat. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Smōd Stren Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Smōd Stren Ner is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Smōd Stren Ner is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive cobblestone streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Smōd Stren Ner's exceptionaly well made fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Smōd Stren Ner. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

Smōd Stren Ner has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Smōd Stren Ner.

Smōd Stren Ner 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.

Smōd Stren Ner has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Smōd Stren Ner 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.

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

Smōd Stren Ner has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Smōd Stren Ner possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Smōd Stren Ner has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Smōd Stren Ner 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

Smōd Stren Ner's chapel 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is skipped in Smōd Stren Ner.

The Spider, Assassin (Giant) near Smōd Stren Ner are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Smōd Stren Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Conjuration 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.

Smōd Stren Ner Census Data: Year 2000

334 of Smōd Stren Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 73 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 57 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

744 of Smōd Stren Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 33 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Smōd Stren Ner is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

Smōd Stren Ner is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of saved most of the town when a natural disaster struck Smōd Stren Ner. One of Smōd Stren Ner's festivals remembers the hero.

History