Stru Lo̠s Med

Stru Lo̠s Med (/stru/ /lo̠s/ [sorry] [afternoon]) is a subtropical Large City located in Zdrire̜m Parish, Drandrabet Deanery, within the Covenent of Irus.

The name Stru Lo̠s Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Stru Lo̠s Med was founded by Qhidoma Ningi, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Stru Lo̠s Med has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°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 9°C (48°F). Stru Lo̠s Med receives an average of 126 cm/y (49 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Stru Lo̠s Med covers an area of nearly 397 km² (158 mi²), and an average elevation of 4464 m (14645 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Stru Lo̠s Med was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1456, by Qhidoma Ningi. 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 Qhidoma Ningi.

Stru Lo̠s Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med is is constructed arround a semi-circular narrow cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Stru Lo̠s Med weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Stru Lo̠s Med 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. A second look around Stru Lo̠s Med makes it abundantly clear the city suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

Stru Lo̠s Med possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Stru Lo̠s Med has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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 Stru Lo̠s Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Stru Lo̠s Med's parks.

Stru Lo̠s Med has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Stru Lo̠s Med.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

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

Stru Lo̠s Med has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

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

Stru Lo̠s Med has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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. Stru Lo̠s Med's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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 Stru Lo̠s Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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.

Stru Lo̠s Med 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

Stru Lo̠s Med's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Stru Lo̠s Med's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Stru Lo̠s Med there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Snake, Venomous near Stru Lo̠s Med are known to be quite timid.

Stru Lo̠s Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Stru Lo̠s Med Census Data: Year 2000

35480 of Stru Lo̠s Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1911 work in Agriculture
• 7930 work as Craftsmen
• 2901 work as Merchants
• 5469 work as Service Workers
• 3644 work as General Laborers
• 1482 work as Skilled Laborers
• 5133 work as Civil Servants
• 3153 work in Cottage Industries
• 2022 work as Artists
• 1835 work in Produce Industries

54881 of Stru Lo̠s Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2794 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Stru Lo̠s Med is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with good fortune for a year and a day. One of Stru Lo̠s Med's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History