Eg Ugd Ra

Eg Ugd Ra (/ugd/ /ra/ [code] [lumber]) is a subtropical Town located in the Nahan Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Eg Ugd Ra is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Ugd Ra was founded by Zesmthëm Hutchäyel Hutchäawy, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Ugd Ra has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Eg Ugd Ra receives an average of 212 cm/y (83 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Eg Ugd Ra covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3966 m (13011 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Ugd Ra was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1256, by Zesmthëm Hutchäyel Hutchäawy. The establishment of Eg Ugd Ra was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zesmthëm Hutchäyel Hutchäawy struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Eg Ugd Ra as a prison colony.

Eg Ugd Ra was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Ugd Ra 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.

Eg Ugd Ra is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow baked earthen 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 resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Eg Ugd Ra's robustly designed timber walls are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

Right off the bat Eg Ugd Ra 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.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Eg Ugd Ra 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 Ugd Ra has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

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

Eg Ugd Ra 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 Ugd Ra's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

Eg Ugd Ra 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

Eg Ugd Ra has a long tradition of martial expertise. This may be a crisply-organized history of skilled native levies, or it may be a natural belligerence in the people that leaves them familiar with bloodshed. While their neighbors and liege doubtless respect their talents, this very aptitude might make them more willing to turn to steel than prudence would advise.

Eg Ugd Ra's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Eg Ugd Ra there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Half-Celestial Unicorn near Eg Ugd Ra are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Eg Ugd Ra's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves gestures to channel Abjuration 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 Ugd Ra Census Data: Year 2000

388 of Eg Ugd Ra's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

786 of Eg Ugd Ra's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 88 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eg Ugd Ra is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

The the a lyre of Transmutation, an a lyre imbued with great amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Eg Ugd Ra by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History