Vá-sdozt Xluwuf

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf (/ə˞ˈdæ̝t/ /sdozt/ [greedy] [mall]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Gïtarejé Principality of the Nasdi.

The name Vá-sdozt Xluwuf is derived from the Sylvin language, as Vá-sdozt Xluwuf was founded by Szazzo, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of 0°C (32°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -22°C (-7°F). Vá-sdozt Xluwuf receives an average of 261 cm/y (102 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vá-sdozt Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 76 km² (30 mi²), and an average elevation of 2796 m (9173 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf was founded durring the early 12th century in summer of the year 1113, by Szazzo. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf is is constructed arround a series of narrow paverstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the city's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's top tier civilian fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A quick look in any direction shows Vá-sdozt Xluwuf is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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 Vá-sdozt Xluwuf. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's parks.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vá-sdozt Xluwuf.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

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

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

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

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

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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. Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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 Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf 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.

Cultural Notes

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Vá-sdozt Xluwuf.

The Hellfire Ignis near Vá-sdozt Xluwuf are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves square dance to channel Enchantment 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.

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

6833 of Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 392 work in Agriculture
• 1534 work as Craftsmen
• 539 work as Merchants
• 1067 work as Service Workers
• 696 work as General Laborers
• 271 work as Skilled Laborers
• 993 work as Civil Servants
• 605 work in Cottage Industries
• 379 work as Artists
• 357 work in Produce Industries

10918 of Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 362 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vá-sdozt Xluwuf is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Vá-sdozt Xluwuf was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Vá-sdozt Xluwuf lost 187 people, 156 livestock, and 69 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 207, when members of Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's militia enacted an operation to train a group of civilians for a special clandestine operation. The operation was complicated by gale force winds which drowned out orders and hampered ranged combat. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in a stalemate for Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Vá-sdozt Xluwuf's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History