Vril Wiv Hadfow

Vril Wiv Hadfow (/vril/ /wiv/ [abundant; lush; fertile] [layer]) is a subtropical Large City located in Brazdrik Parish, Zröntsökid Diocese, within the Irus.

The name Vril Wiv Hadfow is derived from the Goblin language, as Vril Wiv Hadfow was founded by Yakdraetrude, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Vril Wiv Hadfow has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Vril Wiv Hadfow receives an average of 145 cm/y (57 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Vril Wiv Hadfow covers an area of nearly 174 km² (69 mi²), and an average elevation of 5848 m (19186 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vril Wiv Hadfow was founded durring the early 17th century in late fall of the year 1609, by Yakdraetrude. The establishment of Vril Wiv Hadfow was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Yakdraetrude struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Vril Wiv Hadfow as a prison colony.

Vril Wiv Hadfow was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow is buildings are located arround a single narrow cobblestone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. 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 While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Vril Wiv Hadfow weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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 Vril Wiv Hadfow 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

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

Vril Wiv Hadfow has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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 Vril Wiv Hadfow. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vril Wiv Hadfow's parks.

Vril Wiv Hadfow has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vril Wiv Hadfow.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

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

Vril Wiv Hadfow has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

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

Vril Wiv Hadfow has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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. Vril Wiv Hadfow's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Vril Wiv Hadfow's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Vril Wiv Hadfow has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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 Vril Wiv Hadfow's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow 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

Vril Wiv Hadfow's garrison 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 Vril Wiv Hadfow every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Sandman near Vril Wiv Hadfow are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Vril Wiv Hadfow's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via moments of science.

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.

Vril Wiv Hadfow Census Data: Year 2000

15626 of Vril Wiv Hadfow's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 830 work in Agriculture
• 3637 work as Craftsmen
• 1229 work as Merchants
• 2398 work as Service Workers
• 1582 work as General Laborers
• 633 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2231 work as Civil Servants
• 1384 work in Cottage Industries
• 848 work as Artists
• 854 work in Produce Industries

24089 of Vril Wiv Hadfow's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1228 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vril Wiv Hadfow has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

Vril Wiv Hadfow has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami ended a drought plaguing Vril Wiv Hadfow. One of Vril Wiv Hadfow's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History