Vungä-rīet Xluwuf

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf (/vunˈgɑ/ /rjet/ [deaf] [rifle]) is a temperate City located in the Mïpirudnoplu Principality of the Tano.

The name Vungä-rīet Xluwuf is derived from the Goblin language, as Vungä-rīet Xluwuf was founded by Garèlèdo, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of 9°C (48°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 3°C (37°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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. Vungä-rīet Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 36 km² (14 mi²), and an average elevation of 1704 m (5590 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf was founded durring the late 12th century in fall of the year 1095, by Garèlèdo. The establishment of Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vungä-rīet Xluwuf is no diffrent. The city'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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf is buildings are located arround a single crampt flagstone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The frontieer-style 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.

A look arround Vungä-rīet Xluwuf reveals an abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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 Vungä-rīet Xluwuf. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's parks.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vungä-rīet Xluwuf.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

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

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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. Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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 Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Vungä-rīet Xluwuf grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.

The Blood Hawk near Vungä-rīet Xluwuf are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

3172 of Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 178 work in Agriculture
• 710 work as Craftsmen
• 255 work as Merchants
• 505 work as Service Workers
• 323 work as General Laborers
• 134 work as Skilled Laborers
• 443 work as Civil Servants
• 282 work in Cottage Industries
• 176 work as Artists
• 166 work in Produce Industries

5181 of Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 258 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vungä-rīet Xluwuf is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

Due to a magical anomaly, Vungä-rīet Xluwuf 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

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Vungä-rīet Xluwuf was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Vungä-rīet Xluwuf. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Vungä-rīet Xluwuf lost 199 people, 203 livestock, and 22 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 89, when members of Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's militia enacted an operation to capture a specific enemy hero alive. The operation was complicated by the army's activities draw the wrath of formerly neutral parties. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in victory for Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Vungä-rīet Xluwuf's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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