Veḡ Cehreld Lac

Veḡ Cehreld Lac (/cɪ̘ˈreld/ /lac/ [exactly] [harmony]) is a subtropical Large City located in Ewntewhäny Hold, Khiz Province, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Veḡ Cehreld Lac is derived from the Dwarven language, as Veḡ Cehreld Lac was founded by Khukretrude Ÿwesshod, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Veḡ Cehreld Lac has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Veḡ Cehreld Lac receives an average of 281 cm/y (110 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Veḡ Cehreld Lac covers an area of nearly 269 km² (107 mi²), and an average elevation of 2194 m (7198 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Veḡ Cehreld Lac was founded durring the late 11th century, by Khukretrude Ÿwesshod. The establishment of Veḡ Cehreld Lac was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Veḡ Cehreld Lac's construction back out of the project. Khukretrude Ÿwesshod pushed on reguardles, and Veḡ Cehreld Lac was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac is is constructed arround a series of restrictive canals mainstreets which form overlapping circles, 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 While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Veḡ Cehreld Lac weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Veḡ Cehreld Lac's budget focused millitary grade defenses 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Veḡ Cehreld Lac, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its god. More than it loves wealth. The city is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in Veḡ Cehreld Lac.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Veḡ Cehreld Lac has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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 Veḡ Cehreld Lac. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Veḡ Cehreld Lac's parks.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Veḡ Cehreld Lac.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

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

Veḡ Cehreld Lac has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

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

Veḡ Cehreld Lac has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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. Veḡ Cehreld Lac's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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 Veḡ Cehreld Lac's natural decorations nor waterways.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac 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

While Veḡ Cehreld Lac might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

In Veḡ Cehreld Lac snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Megafauna, Megatherium near Veḡ Cehreld Lac are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac'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 Enchantment energies of tier 1 via throat 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.

Veḡ Cehreld Lac Census Data: Year 2000

24079 of Veḡ Cehreld Lac's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1386 work in Agriculture
• 5522 work as Craftsmen
• 1892 work as Merchants
• 3673 work as Service Workers
• 2487 work as General Laborers
• 996 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3381 work as Civil Servants
• 2179 work in Cottage Industries
• 1331 work as Artists
• 1232 work in Produce Industries

34925 of Veḡ Cehreld Lac's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 4441 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Veḡ Cehreld Lac is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

POI

History

The the a cathedral of Illusion, an a cathedral imbued with great amounts of Illusion energies was created near Vabibl-vêtha Îè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History