Vnör Gës Gri

Vnör Gës Gri (/vno˞r/ /gɛs/ [blank] [award]) is a subtropical Large City located in Ntëltiö Parish, Gduzqüeon Diocese, within the Irus.

The name Vnör Gës Gri is derived from the Goblin language, as Vnör Gës Gri was founded by Hylocula, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Vnör Gës Gri has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Vnör Gës Gri receives an average of 70 cm/y (27 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Vnör Gës Gri covers an area of nearly 63 km² (25 mi²), and an average elevation of 8356 m (-15534 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vnör Gës Gri was founded durring the late 13th century in summer of the year 1191, by Hylocula. The establishment of Vnör Gës Gri was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Hylocula electing to pay people to resettle in Vnör Gës Gri.

Vnör Gës Gri was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vnör Gës Gri is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Vnör Gës Gri is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt canals streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The city's robustly designed timber walls have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Vnör Gës Gri seems to be abandoned at first. There are people present, working their trades and going about their business like any community, it’s just they are absurdly quiet. Just as you start to think there might be trouble, you see most of them are reading. The entire city feels like a library, with those not reading remaining quite to not disturb those who have their nose in a book. The longer you remain in Vnör Gës Gri the more you start to wonder if you’ve entered some strange open-concept University rather than a city, but you can’t quite say such with certainty.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Vnör Gës Gri has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vnör Gës Gri 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 Vnör Gës Gri. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vnör Gës Gri's parks.

Vnör Gës Gri has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vnör Gës Gri.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

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

Vnör Gës Gri has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

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

Vnör Gës Gri has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Vnör Gës Gri 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. Vnör Gës Gri's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

Vnör Gës Gri has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

Vnör Gës Gri 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 Vnör Gës Gri's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

Vnör Gës Gri 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.

Vnör Gës Gri 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

There’s more than one leader in Vnör Gës Gri, but at least some of them are at each other’s throats. It might be a conflict between formal leadership and informal authorities, or it could be a struggle among civil officials. Their interests might diverge sharply, or it could be a personal grudge that’s boiled over. Outside threats and internal problems are likely being ignored until the power struggle is resolved.

Vnör Gës Gri's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is inspired by the natural world, characterized by sinuous, sculptural, organic shapes, arches, curving lines, and sensual ornamentation. Common motifs included stylized versions of leaves, flowers, vines, insects, animals, and other natural elements. Decorative elements found on the inside and outside of buildings include intricate mosaic work, curved windows, and decorative trim work. .

In Vnör Gës Gri most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Achaierai near Vnör Gës Gri are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vnör Gës Gri's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves drinking to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 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.

Vnör Gës Gri Census Data: Year 2000

5508 of Vnör Gës Gri's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 314 work in Agriculture
• 1222 work as Craftsmen
• 458 work as Merchants
• 833 work as Service Workers
• 569 work as General Laborers
• 226 work as Skilled Laborers
• 782 work as Civil Servants
• 492 work in Cottage Industries
• 307 work as Artists
• 305 work in Produce Industries

8767 of Vnör Gës Gri's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 594 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vnör Gës Gri is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

The the a sickle of Conjuration, an a sickle imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Vnö Mokkō Hadfow by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History