Strö Fyökstë Kez

Strö Fyökstë Kez (/stro˞/ /ˈfjo˞kstɛ/ [private] [mural]) is a subtropical Town located in the Trëyön Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Strö Fyökstë Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Strö Fyökstë Kez was founded by Pagucebus Shumarza, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Strö Fyökstë Kez has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 3°C (37°F). Strö Fyökstë Kez receives an average of 151 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Strö Fyökstë Kez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4818 m (15807 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Strö Fyökstë Kez was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1353, by Pagucebus Shumarza. The establishment of Strö Fyökstë Kez was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Pagucebus Shumarza struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Strö Fyökstë Kez as a prison colony.

Strö Fyökstë Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Strö Fyökstë Kez is no diffrent. The town'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.

Strö Fyökstë Kez is was constructed arround several crampt packed earth mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The somewhat suffishent has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Strö Fyökstë Kez makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power.

Civic Infrastructure

Strö Fyökstë Kez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Strö Fyökstë Kez.

Strö Fyökstë Kez 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.

Strö Fyökstë Kez 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.

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

Strö Fyökstë Kez has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Strö Fyökstë Kez 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

Strö Fyökstë Kez's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Strö Fyökstë Kez.

The Ifrit near Strö Fyökstë Kez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Strö Fyökstë Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via 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 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.

Strö Fyökstë Kez Census Data: Year 2000

350 of Strö Fyökstë Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 78 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 57 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 52 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

746 of Strö Fyökstë Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 69 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Strö Fyökstë Kez is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

Strö Fyökstë Kez is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

The the a pair of pants of Augury, an a pair of pants imbued with potent amounts of Augury energies was created in Strö Fyökstë Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History