Eg Vä Vål

Eg Vä Vål (/və/ /vɑːl/ [how] [horse]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ekÿckyewl̄ärt Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Eg Vä Vål is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Vä Vål was founded by Kèshi Zacwafqehgbävle, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Vä Vål has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Eg Vä Vål receives an average of 120 cm/y (47 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Eg Vä Vål covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7668 m (-17792 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Vä Vål was founded durring the early 10th century, by Kèshi Zacwafqehgbävle. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Eg Vä Vål was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Vä Vål is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Eg Vä Vål is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive canals 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 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 While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Eg Vä Vål weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Eg Vä Vål's budget focused millitary grade defenses 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.

Looking around Eg Vä Vål you immediately realise that the locals are looking back at you. All of them. Everywhere you look somone is staring back at you analytically, looking over every inch of you, your gear, and your companions. As you get close to people, their hands move closer to their belt knife, or dagger. You may want to watch where you go and what you say...

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Eg Vä Vål 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 Vä Vål's natural decorations nor waterways.

Eg Vä Vål 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 Vä Vål 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

Eg Vä Vål's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Eg Vä Vål's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

=In Eg Vä Vål when drawing, it's impossible to draw an imperfect circle.

The Ovinnik near Eg Vä Vål are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Eg Vä Vål's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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 Vä Vål Census Data: Year 2000

467 of Eg Vä Vål's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 29 work in Agriculture
• 103 work as Craftsmen
• 37 work as Merchants
• 76 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 69 work as Civil Servants
• 42 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

904 of Eg Vä Vål's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 103 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eg Vä Vål 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 early 2nd century the Kami spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Eg Vä Vål's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History