Ådehlÿ Nu Oph

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph (/nu/ /of/ [green] [space (empty area); room (space)]) is a subtropical Town located in Stíhzdi County, Yuttul̄ Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Ådehlÿ Nu Oph is derived from the Dwarven language, as Ådehlÿ Nu Oph was founded by Dean Eghehf, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Ådehlÿ Nu Oph receives an average of 135 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ådehlÿ Nu Oph covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3160 m (10367 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1279, by Dean Eghehf. The establishment of Ådehlÿ Nu Oph suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Ådehlÿ Nu Oph which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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.

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Ådehlÿ Nu Oph'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.

The town shows nothing out of the ordinary, at first glance. Then you start to notice all the small things. Each window has seven iron nails pounded into the sill. Every door has a sprig of holly overhead. Every well is branded with purity seals and runes to ward the contents. Everyone is carrying a small charm for safety or fortune, be it a rabbit’s foot, a horseshoe, or other little totems.

Civic Infrastructure

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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 Ådehlÿ Nu Oph. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ådehlÿ Nu Oph's parks.

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

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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 Nu Oph 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 Nu Oph has a Hall of Slayers, which is tasked with maintaining the roads and highways leading into town as well as keeping them safe for travelers.

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

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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 Nu Oph's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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 Ådehlÿ Nu Oph's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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.

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Ådehlÿ Nu Oph 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 Cloud Dragon, Wyrmling near Ådehlÿ Nu Oph are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves performance art to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 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.

Ådehlÿ Nu Oph Census Data: Year 2000

420 of Ådehlÿ Nu Oph's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 89 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 71 work as Service Workers
• 43 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 61 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

895 of Ådehlÿ Nu Oph's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 40 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Ådehlÿ Nu Oph is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. Ådehlÿ Nu Oph's militia's elite squad is named after .

History