Large City: Väpi-xkop Xluwuf

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf
Example Gnoll architecture.
StateGoblin Tribes
ProvenceTrävstengh Region
RegionSkre̜v Zrabbi̽ Grasslands
Founded1357
Community LeaderLord Gersel
Area201 km2 (80 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp8°C (46°F)
Average Elevation4172 m (13687 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation268 cm/y (105 in/y)
Population48126
Population Density239 people per km2 (601 people per mi2)
Town AuraAbjuration
Naming
Native nameVäpi-xkop Xluwuf
Pronunciation/ə˞ˈnjim/ /xcop/
Direct Translation[painful] [reef]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf (/ə˞ˈnjim/ /xcop/ [painful] [reef]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Trävstengh Region of the Goblin Tribes.

The name Väpi-xkop Xluwuf is derived from the Sylvin language, as Väpi-xkop Xluwuf was founded by Anderson, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of 8°C (46°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 11°C (51°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Väpi-xkop Xluwuf receives an average of 268 cm/y (105 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Väpi-xkop Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 201 km2 (80 mi2), and an average elevation of 4172 m (13687 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1357, by Anderson. The establishment of Väpi-xkop Xluwuf suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Väpi-xkop Xluwuf which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf is is constructed arround a semi-circular spacious cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The city's cost-cutting-focused defences are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop 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.

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

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Väpi-xkop 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. Väpi-xkop Xluwuf's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

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

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Väpi-xkop 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 Väpi-xkop Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop 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.

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf 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

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Väpi-xkop Xluwuf tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Winter Wolf near Väpi-xkop Xluwuf are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 95
  • Farmers: 126
  • Farm Laborer: 240
  • Hunters: 155
  • Milk Maids: 130
  • Ranchers: 66
  • Ranch Hands: 148
  • Shepherds: 109
    • Farmland: 194429 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 12031
    • Poultry: 144378
    • Swine: 9625
    • Sheep: 481
    • Goats: 96
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 4812

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 94
  • Blacksmiths: 126
  • Bookbinders: 60
  • Buckle-makers: 66
  • Cabinetmakers: 106
  • Candlemakers: 165
  • Carpenters: 143
  • Clothmakers: 141
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 50
  • Coopers: 133
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 65
  • Copyists: 46
  • Cutlers: 39
  • Fabricworkers: 106
  • Farrier: 275
  • Furriers: 31
  • Glassworkers: 165
  • Gunsmiths: 108
  • Harness-Makers: 45
  • Hatters: 97
  • Hosiery Workers: 34
  • Jewelers: 53
  • Leatherwrights: 133
  • Locksmiths: 49
  • Matchstick makers: 77
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 70
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 59
  • Paper Workers: 71
  • Plasterers: 64
  • Pursemakers: 80
  • Roofers: 48
  • Ropemakers: 49
  • Rugmakers: 45
  • Saddlers: 90
  • Scabbardmakers: 103
  • Scalemakers: 51
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 31
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 46
  • Shoemakers: 45
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 168
  • Tailors: 331
  • Tanners: 60
  • Upholsterers: 70
  • Watchmakers: 67
  • Weavers: 130
  • Whitesmiths: 38

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 33
  • Arcana Sellers: 33
  • Beer-Sellers: 62
  • Booksellers: 75
  • Butchers: 109
  • Chandlers: 130
  • Chicken Butchers: 125
  • Entrepreneurs: 50
  • Fine Clothiers: 123
  • Fishmongers: 114
  • Florists: 28
  • Potion Sellers: 85
  • Resellers: 229
  • Spice Merchants: 63
  • Wine-sellers: 100
  • Wheelwright: 71
  • Woodsellers: 44

Service workers

  • Bakers: 300
  • Barbers: 175
  • Coachmen: 74
  • Cooks: 209
  • Doctors: 103
  • Gamekeepers: 78
  • Grooms: 41
  • Hairdressers: 171
  • Healers: 125
  • Housekeepers: 155
  • Housemaids: 300
  • House Stewards: 133
  • Inns: 45
  • Laundry maids: 87
  • Maidservants: 165
  • Nursery Maids: 89
  • Pastrycooks: 171
  • Restaurateur: 209
  • Tavern Keepers: 209

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 68
  • Bleachers: 44
  • Chemical Workers: 27
  • Coal Heavers: 96
  • In-Town Couriers: 106
  • Long Haul Couriers: 109
  • Dockyard Workers: 102
  • Gas Workers: 23
  • Hay Merchants: 39
  • Leech Collectors: 139
  • Millers: 109
  • Miners: 106
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 78
  • Postmen: 104
  • Pure Finder: 63
  • Skinners: 126
  • Sugar Refiners: 27
  • Tosher: 74
  • Warehousemen: 155
  • Watercarriers: 99
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 137

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 62
  • Alchemist: 74
  • Clerk: 104
  • Dentists: 48
  • Educators: 118
  • Engineers: 67
  • Gardeners: 50
  • Mages: 35
  • Plumbers: 50
  • Pharmacist: 55
  • Professors: 21
  • Scientists: 35
  • Wizards: 20

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 45
  • Bankers: 67
  • Civil Clerks: 114
  • Civic Iudex: 54
  • Consultants: 32
  • Exorcist: 104
  • Fixers: 56
  • Kami Clerk: 97
  • Landlords: 95
  • Lawyers: 55
  • Legend Keepers: 81
  • Militia Officers: 401
  • Monks, Monastic: 165
  • Monks, Civic: 155
  • Historian, Oral: 106
  • Historian, Textual: 57
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 109
  • Priests: 192
  • Rangers: 65
  • Rat Catchers: 74
  • Scholars: 72
  • Spiritualist: 94
  • Slayers: 27
  • Storytellers: 188
  • Military Officers: 160

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 145
  • Comfort Services: 200
  • Enchanters: 55
  • Herbalists: 53
  • Jaminators: 155
  • Needleworkers: 178
  • Potters: 78
  • Preserve Makers: 137
  • Quilters: 75
  • Seamsters: 370
  • Spinners: 145
  • Tinker: 54
  • Weaver: 123

Artists

  • Actors: 48
  • Architects: 19
  • Bards: 71
  • Costumers: 29
  • Dancers: 54
  • Drafters: 31
  • Engravers: 38
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 23
  • Glaziers: 51
  • Inlayers: 46
  • Musicians: 145
  • Painters, Art: 24
  • Playwrights: 51
  • Sculptors, Art: 43
  • Wood Carvers: 178
  • Writers: 185

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 165
  • Canners: 141
  • Cheesmakers: 185
  • Ice Merchants: 21
  • Millers: 100
  • Picklers: 87
  • Smokers: 60
  • Stockmakers: 56
  • Tobacconists: 77
  • Tallowmakers: 106

18447 of Väpi-xkop Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

26792 of Väpi-xkop Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2887 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Väpi-xkop Xluwuf has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

A vast influx of newcomers over the last 1 years has greatly spiked Väpi-xkop Xluwuf's population. They may have been drawn by economic opportunities, or fled some pursuing peril, or been forcibly moved there by a ruler who wanted to dilute the existing native cohesion. The natives may not have the resources or opportunities to integrate these newcomers, and it may be that the new population has no desire to stay longer than is necessary.

The the a tunic of Conjuration, an a tunic imbued with great amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Väpi-xkop Xluwuf by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History