Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ (/ən/ /kuːˈvegg/ [important; main] [arrival]) is a subtropical Town located in Ksdíhzjap County, Dähechanxya Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ was founded by Gnanvaihn Raycztrÿke, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ receives an average of 199 cm/y (78 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 8546 m (-14911 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ was founded durring the late 16th century in spring of the year 1471, by Gnanvaihn Raycztrÿke. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brick construction taking the shape of large simple gemometric shapes which ate then embelished with decorative features, but retain their simple shapes in spite of the added features such as pillars, faccaddes, and covered walkways. The blocky nature gives a general impression of extreem age, as if each structure has existed since time immemorial.

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ is buildings folow an organic layout of broad packed earth streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Unfortuantly, these millitarily questionable fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Right off the bat Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ 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 influx of wealth has brought with it an influx of relaxation. Everywhere you look people are enjoying their prosperity in a slow, casual, and deliberate manner. There’s no rush for anything anywhere you look.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Town. Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ's town hall 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 Qåb Ckewveḡ it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Shadow Fern near Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Transmutation 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.

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ Census Data: Year 2000

383 of Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 85 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

820 of Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 63 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

The the a cathedral of Summoning, an a cathedral imbued with great amounts of Summoning energies was created near Eg Qåb Ckewveḡ by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History