Zdö Zdrik Ner

Zdö Zdrik Ner (/zdo˞/ /zdrik/ [sophisticated; intricate] [meal]) is a subtropical Town located in Jelikuk Parish, Bàze Logu Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Zdö Zdrik Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Zdö Zdrik Ner was founded by Tshêd Zaevnes, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Zdö Zdrik Ner has a yearly average temperature of 11°C (51°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -2°C (29°F). Zdö Zdrik Ner receives an average of 184 cm/y (72 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Zdö Zdrik Ner covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 5106 m (16751 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Zdö Zdrik Ner was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1223, by Tshêd Zaevnes. The establishment of Zdö Zdrik Ner 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.

Zdö Zdrik Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Zdö Zdrik Ner is no diffrent. The town'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.

Zdö Zdrik Ner is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive paverstone streets which form hexical paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. 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. The failry decent fortifications 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 around Zdö Zdrik Ner makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

Zdö Zdrik Ner has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Zdö Zdrik Ner.

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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.

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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.

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

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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. Zdö Zdrik Ner's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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.

Zdö Zdrik Ner has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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.

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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

Zdö Zdrik Ner's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Zdö Zdrik Ner.

The Ahlinni near Zdö Zdrik Ner are known to be quite timid.

Zdö Zdrik Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 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.

Zdö Zdrik Ner Census Data: Year 2000

351 of Zdö Zdrik Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 31 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

772 of Zdö Zdrik Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 34 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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.

Zdö Zdrik Ner 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 Zdö Zdrik Ner was struck by a devistating earthquake. The quake brought ruin to Zdö Zdrik Ner, which lost 250 people, 138 livestock, and 22 buildings in the earthquake. The day of the quake is remembered by many as Damnation's Day.

History