Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv (/kɪ̘/ /jərv/ [not] [item]) is a subtropical Town located in Nagqulu County, Dådhÿh Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv is derived from the Dwarven language, as Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv was founded by Thurdren Nuldztrÿkle, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv receives an average of 220 cm/y (86 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2152 m (7060 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1309, by Thurdren Nuldztrÿkle. The establishment of Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv 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.

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv 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 Vusckye Yärv is is constructed arround a semi-circular broad paverstone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. The town's cost-cutting-focused defences are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv 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 Vusckye Yärv's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv 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 Vusckye Yärv 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 Vusckye Yärv's locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv.

The Spider, Scarlet (Tiny) near Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv are known to be quite timid.

Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves gestures to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 1 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 Vusckye Yärv Census Data: Year 2000

460 of Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 99 work as Craftsmen
• 37 work as Merchants
• 72 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 67 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

878 of Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 116 (8%) are noncontributers.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv lost 252 people, 167 livestock, and 38 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 159, when members of Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv's militia enacted an operation to rescue a specific influential figure from the enemy. The operation was complicated by a significant percentage of the militia choose to go abandon the operation and return home. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the strategic location, which ended in a crushing defeat for Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Ådehlÿ Vusckye Yärv's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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