Voū̌ Píä Nêōw

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw (/ʌ̌m/ /pɪ́æ/ [casual] [mall]) is a subtropical Town located in the Gīmōthyǎvy Region of the Confederation of Goblin Tribes.

The name Voū̌ Píä Nêōw is derived from the Goblin language, as Voū̌ Píä Nêōw was founded by Bregeg̈m Zeshêpî Trêbm, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 12°C (53°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Voū̌ Píä Nêōw receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Voū̌ Píä Nêōw covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 832 m (2729 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw was founded durring the early 10th century, by Bregeg̈m Zeshêpî Trêbm. The establishment of Voū̌ Píä Nêōw suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Voū̌ Píä Nêōw is no diffrent. The town'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.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw is buildings are speckled and packed arround crampt packed earth streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's would-be-castle fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Voū̌ Píä Nêōw ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The locals seem to have responded to their slow downfall by recreating Voū̌ Píä Nêōw as one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which the town brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Voū̌ Píä Nêōw.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw 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.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw 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.

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

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw 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.

Cultural Notes

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Voū̌ Píä Nêōw all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

The Blightspawn near Voū̌ Píä Nêōw are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves performance art to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via 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.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw Census Data: Year 2000

406 of Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 91 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 62 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

855 of Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 39 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Voū̌ Píä Nêōw makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Voū̌ Píä Nêōw 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 Voū̌ Píä Nêōw lost 164 people, 291 livestock, and 72 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 109, when members of Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's militia enacted an operation to defend a particular irregulars group from enemy attack. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the strategic location, which ended in a crushing defeat for Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Voū̌ Píä Nêōw's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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