Eg Gÿtge Ewch

Eg Gÿtge Ewch (/gitˈge/ /uːch/ [formal] [homeland; motherland]) is a subtropical Town located in Spsvji̊b County, Gandlacckÿrf Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Eg Gÿtge Ewch is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Gÿtge Ewch was founded by Maita Raycztrÿke, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Gÿtge Ewch has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°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 25°C (77°F). Eg Gÿtge Ewch receives an average of 153 cm/y (60 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Eg Gÿtge Ewch covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3976 m (13044 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Gÿtge Ewch was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1168, by Maita Raycztrÿke. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Eg Gÿtge Ewch was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Gÿtge Ewch is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Eg Gÿtge Ewch is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of crampt split-log ties streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The exceptionaly well made fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look arround Eg Gÿtge Ewch reveals an abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the town places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Eg Gÿtge Ewch 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Eg Gÿtge Ewch they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Eg Gÿtge Ewch's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Eg Gÿtge Ewch grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.

The Caypup near Eg Gÿtge Ewch are known to be quite timid.

Eg Gÿtge Ewch's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Summoning energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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 Gÿtge Ewch Census Data: Year 2000

338 of Eg Gÿtge Ewch's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 73 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 54 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

704 of Eg Gÿtge Ewch's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 90 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Eg Gÿtge Ewch possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Eg Gÿtge Ewch was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Eg Gÿtge Ewch. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Eg Gÿtge Ewch lost 235 people, 287 livestock, and 22 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 86, when members of Eg Gÿtge Ewch's militia enacted an operation to patrol a specific area to dissuade the enemy from their current activities. The operation was complicated by at least some of the intelligence related to the operation was incorrect. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Eg Gÿtge Ewch's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Eg Gÿtge Ewch's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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