Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb (/s̼unx/ /ləˈtəb/ [compact] [distance; span]) is a subtropical Town located in Kvàvùs County, Gandlacckÿrf Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb is derived from the Dwarven language, as Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb was founded by Phanos Rådschå, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb 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 Sshunx Lätäb receives an average of 133 cm/y (52 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4858 m (15938 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1360, by Phanos Rådschå. The establishment of Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Phanos Rådschå electing to pay people to resettle in Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb.

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb 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 Sshunx Lätäb is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive flagstone 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 has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. Astonishigly, the brittle defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Right off the bat Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the town has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb 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 Sshunx Lätäb has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

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

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb 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 Sshunx Lätäb's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb 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 Sshunx Lätäb 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 Sshunx Lätäb's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb.

The Blink Dog near Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb are known to be quite timid.

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves reenactments to channel Enchantment energies of tier 3 via oath swearing.

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 Sshunx Lätäb Census Data: Year 2000

435 of Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 96 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 72 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 63 work as Civil Servants
• 42 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

881 of Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 69 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb’s streets.

Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Ådehlÿ Sshunx Lätäb. A small order of knights was founded in 's honor, and bears his name to this day.

History