Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez (/kəq/ /hoz/ [former] [support]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Moda Rûdânâ County, Qånehgdab Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez was founded by Nendes Perÿdotqug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1442 m (4730 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1183, by Nendes Perÿdotqug. 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 Nendes Perÿdotqug.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez is no diffrent. The town'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.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez is is constructed arround a series of narrow baked earthen mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's timber-based walls are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez shows Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez is little more than a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is.

Civic Infrastructure

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez 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 Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's parks.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez 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.

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

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez 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.

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

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez 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 Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez 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.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez 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

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Urdefhan near Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via divine sermons.

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.

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

504 of Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 114 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 81 work as Service Workers
• 52 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 73 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

971 of Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 111 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez was attacked by members of a peasant revolt. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez lost 253 people, 112 livestock, and 52 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 212, when members of Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's militia enacted an operation to transport a specific war machine to a particular settlment unharmed. The operation was complicated by extremely dangerous terrain, including unfamiliar and poisonous plants which many ate while foraging. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Yächrx̄ Hoz Ckez's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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