Vewb Gäl Cewkez

Vewb Gäl Cewkez (/vuːb/ /gəl/ [wedge] [web]) is a subtropical Large City located in Luzfåbn Hold, Nar Province, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Vewb Gäl Cewkez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Vewb Gäl Cewkez was founded by Greli Yadequg, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Vewb Gäl Cewkez has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Vewb Gäl Cewkez receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Vewb Gäl Cewkez covers an area of nearly 527 km² (210 mi²), and an average elevation of 956 m (3136 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vewb Gäl Cewkez was founded durring the early 11th century, by Greli Yadequg. The establishment of Vewb Gäl Cewkez was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Greli Yadequg electing to pay people to resettle in Vewb Gäl Cewkez.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vewb Gäl Cewkez is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive cobblestone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The brittle defences 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.

Right off the bat Vewb Gäl Cewkez hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. This wealth has brought the city nothing but neurosis, if you can believe your eyes. Everyone acts as if you’re out to take a piece of them. Every door is locked and every window barred. Efforts are made to make you feel welcome, but only in the public areas of the city, particularly the market.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Vewb Gäl Cewkez has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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 Vewb Gäl Cewkez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vewb Gäl Cewkez's parks.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vewb Gäl Cewkez.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

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

Vewb Gäl Cewkez has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

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

Vewb Gäl Cewkez has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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. Vewb Gäl Cewkez's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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 Vewb Gäl Cewkez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez 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

Vewb Gäl Cewkez's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Vewb Gäl Cewkez rainbows form quite often above the Large City.

The Snake, Venomous near Vewb Gäl Cewkez are known to be quite timid.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 2 via divine sermons.

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.

Vewb Gäl Cewkez Census Data: Year 2000

46753 of Vewb Gäl Cewkez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2560 work in Agriculture
• 10442 work as Craftsmen
• 3767 work as Merchants
• 7317 work as Service Workers
• 4708 work as General Laborers
• 1915 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6615 work as Civil Servants
• 4265 work in Cottage Industries
• 2629 work as Artists
• 2535 work in Produce Industries

67684 of Vewb Gäl Cewkez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 9951 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

Vewb Gäl Cewkez used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Vewb Gäl Cewkez.

The the a power core of Transmutation, an a power core imbued with potent amounts of Transmutation energies was created near Vewb Gäl Cewkez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History