Eg Lerchä Kac

Eg Lerchä Kac (/fɑːrkt/ /kac/ [now] [kind; type]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Stshíhnus County, Qättza Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Eg Lerchä Kac is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Lerchä Kac was founded by Keedduhl Ewelochoch, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Lerchä Kac has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Eg Lerchä Kac receives an average of 284 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Eg Lerchä Kac covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2370 m (7775 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Lerchä Kac was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1412, by Keedduhl Ewelochoch. The establishment of Eg Lerchä Kac was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Keedduhl Ewelochoch electing to pay people to resettle in Eg Lerchä Kac.

Eg Lerchä Kac was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Lerchä Kac is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Eg Lerchä Kac is is constructed arround a semi-circular broad paverstone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Eg Lerchä Kac weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The town's budget focused millitary grade defenses are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Eg Lerchä Kac is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. There’s a patern to the panic. It’s not easy to see, and no one quite agrees on what it is, but the locals know and operate under this pattern. It shapes everything they do, and you feel as if you’ve almost worked it out only for some small detail to devastate your theory every time you try and comprehend it.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Eg Lerchä Kac 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 Eg Lerchä Kac. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Eg Lerchä Kac's parks.

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

Eg Lerchä Kac 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 Lerchä Kac 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 Lerchä Kac 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.

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

Eg Lerchä Kac has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Eg Lerchä Kac 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 Eg Lerchä Kac's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eg Lerchä Kac 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.

Eg Lerchä Kac 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

There’s more than one leader in Eg Lerchä Kac, but at least some of them are at each other’s throats. It might be a conflict between formal leadership and informal authorities, or it could be a struggle among civil officials. Their interests might diverge sharply, or it could be a personal grudge that’s boiled over. Outside threats and internal problems are likely being ignored until the power struggle is resolved.

Eg Lerchä Kac's chapel 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 Lerchä Kac the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Plant-Imbued Ape near Eg Lerchä Kac are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Eg Lerchä Kac's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 via singing.

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 Lerchä Kac Census Data: Year 2000

481 of Eg Lerchä Kac's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 109 work as Craftsmen
• 36 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 50 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 70 work as Civil Servants
• 45 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

904 of Eg Lerchä Kac's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 120 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Eg Lerchä Kac 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.

POI

History

The the a dagger of Transmutation, an a dagger imbued with potent amounts of Transmutation energies was created near Eg Lerchä Kac by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History