Eg Chehttro Vÿ

Eg Chehttro Vÿ (/s̼ɪ̘tˈtro/ /vi/ [amber] [spectrocope]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ekÿckyewl̄ärt Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Eg Chehttro Vÿ is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Chehttro Vÿ was founded by Rä̌shīy Ma̋ch 'Shanti Ivory' Bér Ha̋ń Ca̋nvé̄r Hutchäyel, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Chehttro Vÿ has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Eg Chehttro Vÿ receives an average of 166 cm/y (65 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Eg Chehttro Vÿ covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7454 m (-18494 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Chehttro Vÿ was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1204, by Rä̌shīy Ma̋ch 'Shanti Ivory' Bér Ha̋ń Ca̋nvé̄r Hutchäyel. The establishment of Eg Chehttro Vÿ was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Rä̌shīy Ma̋ch 'Shanti Ivory' Bér Ha̋ń Ca̋nvé̄r Hutchäyel struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Eg Chehttro Vÿ as a prison colony.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Chehttro Vÿ is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of narrow paverstone 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 series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. The town's bare minimum 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.

Right off the bat Eg Chehttro Vÿ 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. The town is very clearly a joyfull place as well as wealthy. Music can be heard often, as well as laughter. The smell of food and drink permiates the air. You can’t help but smile.

Civic Infrastructure

Eg Chehttro Vÿ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Eg Chehttro Vÿ.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ 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.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ 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.

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

Eg Chehttro Vÿ possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ 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.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Eg Chehttro Vÿ there are no smells.

The Kapre near Eg Chehttro Vÿ are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 via chanting.

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.

Eg Chehttro Vÿ Census Data: Year 2000

370 of Eg Chehttro Vÿ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 79 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

812 of Eg Chehttro Vÿ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 24 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eg Chehttro Vÿ is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Eg Chehttro Vÿ, swallowing large sections of the community. Eg Chehttro Vÿ lost 200 people, 398 livestock, and 56 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Doom Swallowing.

History