Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez (/kɪ̘/ /s̼apm/ [not] [exit]) is a subtropical Town located in Krfievāzè County, Dådhÿh Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez was founded by Amdirbarad Cåqcebackhu, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez receives an average of 207 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2282 m (7486 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1457, by Amdirbarad Cåqcebackhu. The establishment of Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez's construction back out of the project. Amdirbarad Cåqcebackhu pushed on reguardles, and Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez 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.

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt paverstone 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 is protected by a series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. Astonishigly, the bare minimum defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Your first impression of Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez proves to be right on the money. This town is where the rebels chose to settle. Fashion trends are quite simply the opposite of what’s popular in the other nearby communities. THis trend extends everywhere. Things that should be black are white, what would normally be square is organically curved, and what is typically unthinkable for polite society is more than welcome in this public square. Up to the logical limits, of course. There’s no flaying someone alive to eat their skin going on, but the women are dressed a little immodestly, the men are a little more emotional, and the food is all overly complex and terrible.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Ÿvneh Shapm 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.

Ÿvneh Shapm 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.

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

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez 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 Town. Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Ÿvneh Shapm 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.

Cultural Notes

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez the milk never sours.

The Bogwid near Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Conjuration 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.

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

353 of Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 78 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 57 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

818 of Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 23 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Heartbreak Range, an iconic vista located neare Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez, proved to be volcanic when the range erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Ÿvneh Shapm Ckez lost 261 people, 362 livestock, and 37 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Heartbreak's Wrath.

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