Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz (/ot/ /elz/ [pregnant] [wax]) is a subtropical Town located in Híhtíhtíhm County, Väveb̄ Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz is derived from the Dwarven language, as Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz was founded by Bellyborer Beetles Hub̄qug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz receives an average of 268 cm/y (105 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7616 m (-17962 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz was founded durring the early 12th century in summer of the year 1105, by Bellyborer Beetles Hub̄qug. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of premissive cobblestone streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz's size could have. Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz's well-designed, yet cheep 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.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz 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

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz 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.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz 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.

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

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz 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. Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz 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

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz'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 Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Herd Animal, Elk (River) near Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz are known to be quite timid.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Augury energies of tier 1 via 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.

Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz Census Data: Year 2000

370 of Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 80 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

820 of Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 24 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

The center of Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

The the a map of Elven High Magic, an a map imbued with potent amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created in Ådehlÿ Hyeha Elz by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History