Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä (/bɔ̄ːk/ /zaʊ̯́æ/ [sudden; abrupt; swift] [attic]) is a subtropical City located in the Gē̌lerkéōw Region of the Goblin Tribes.

The name Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä is derived from the Goblin language, as Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä was founded by Tautame Helethwen Edlessel, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -3°C (27°F). Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä receives an average of 301 cm/y (118 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä covers an area of nearly 39 km² (15 mi²), and an average elevation of 3614 m (11856 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä was founded durring the early 15th century in spring of the year 1425, by Tautame Helethwen Edlessel. The establishment of Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Tautame Helethwen Edlessel struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä as a prison colony.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive cobblestone streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The city's monster and outlaw focused fortifications 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.

A quick look in any direction shows Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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 Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's parks.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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 City. Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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 Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä 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

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Witchcrow near Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via oratory performances.

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.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä Census Data: Year 2000

3466 of Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 198 work in Agriculture
• 788 work as Craftsmen
• 275 work as Merchants
• 536 work as Service Workers
• 362 work as General Laborers
• 146 work as Skilled Laborers
• 481 work as Civil Servants
• 305 work in Cottage Industries
• 191 work as Artists
• 184 work in Produce Industries

5759 of Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 188 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä has access to some sort of functioning ancient infrastructure, whether it's an array of wall-mounted arcane energy projectors, running water, moving roadways, community-wide climate control, or some other inherited luxury. This infrastructure may be the result of a still-functional Working, or it could be the product of some venerable occult engine that's still operational, or it may be the fruit of the labors of some specially-designed organism or Blighted populace.

Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Mount Latok, an iconic vista located neare Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä, proved to be volcanic when the mountain erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Vó̄y Zoúē Ni̋ēkēä lost 118 people, 177 livestock, and 96 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Loss's Wrath.

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