Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod (/ob/ /ˈnodnod/ [famous] [soap]) is a subtropical Town located in Lèljĭih Zone, If-70cqǐnrì District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod was founded by Thuldek Trgfêpí, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 17°C (62°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod receives an average of 234 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1904 m (6246 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1215, by Thuldek Trgfêpí. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Thuldek Trgfêpí.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod is no diffrent. The town'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.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad canals streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Unfortuantly, these failry decent fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This town is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod 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.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod 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.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod 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

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Forgotten One near Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod Census Data: Year 2000

296 of Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 62 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 47 work as Service Workers
• 29 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 28 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

662 of Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 50 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod 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 early 2nd century an otherwise minor earthquake shifted River Neustino. The resulting flood was isolated to the area around Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod, which was swallowed by the waters for several days. Wæm Ni-17b Nodnod lost 226 people, 331 livestock, and 30 buildings in the disaster. The disaster is remembered as the Loss Drownings.

History