Äho Yehxew Ckez

Äho Yehxew Ckez (/əˈho/ /jɪ̘ˈxuː/ [corrupt] [fetus; embryo]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Dragondell Dutchy, Dähechanxya Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Äho Yehxew Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Äho Yehxew Ckez was founded by Hokul Zachwafyul̄, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Äho Yehxew Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 7°C (44°F). Äho Yehxew Ckez receives an average of 226 cm/y (88 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Äho Yehxew Ckez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3934 m (12906 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Äho Yehxew Ckez was founded durring the late 11th century, by Hokul Zachwafyul̄. 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 Hokul Zachwafyul̄.

Äho Yehxew Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Äho Yehxew Ckez 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.

Äho Yehxew Ckez is buildings are speckled and packed arround broad baked earthen streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Äho Yehxew Ckez's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The political statment focused walls 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Äho Yehxew Ckez, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same divine, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its divine. Asside form the revrent worship, you can see the citizens are preparing for something, and that something isn’t good. Weapons are worn openly. Defensive structures have been recently constructed to guard less used areas of the town. Merchants seem very eager to sell their wares at discount prices. Something is coming.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Äho Yehxew 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.

Äho Yehxew 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.

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

Äho Yehxew 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 Small Town. Äho Yehxew Ckez's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

Äho Yehxew 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

Äho Yehxew Ckez's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Äho Yehxew Ckez rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Ahlinni near Äho Yehxew Ckez are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Äho Yehxew Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves gestures to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via throat singing.

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.

Äho Yehxew Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

282 of Äho Yehxew Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 57 work as Craftsmen
• 20 work as Merchants
• 46 work as Service Workers
• 29 work as General Laborers
• 9 work as Skilled Laborers
• 43 work as Civil Servants
• 27 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

606 of Äho Yehxew Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 77 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Äho Yehxew 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.

Äho Yehxew Ckez's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Äho Yehxew Ckez suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of protected Äho Yehxew Ckez's harvest from an army of bandits. Äho Yehxew Ckez's militia's elite squad is named after .

History