Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo (/vurˈnə/ /quˈllvo/ [bureaucracy] [germ; bacteria]) is a subtropical Town located in Kārjíh County, Gÿtgesheyd Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo is derived from the Dwarven language, as Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo was founded by Ya̋mé̄b Góch 'Bash Pink' Bë̋chī Vúchī̌sh Cä̋nvé̄y Zÿhndtubqugbuhez, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo receives an average of 98 cm/y (38 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 9812 m (-10758 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo was founded durring the early 12th century in fall of the year 1109, by Ya̋mé̄b Góch 'Bash Pink' Bë̋chī Vúchī̌sh Cä̋nvé̄y Zÿhndtubqugbuhez. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo 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 Vurnä Qul̄vo is was constructed arround several restrictive baked earthen mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The town posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. The town's failry decent fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Looking around Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo 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 Vurnä Qul̄vo has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo.

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

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

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo 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 Vurnä Qul̄vo's locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo'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 Vurnä Qul̄vo sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Leshy, Lichen near Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves reenactments to channel Enchantment 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 Vurnä Qul̄vo Census Data: Year 2000

356 of Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

810 of Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 23 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

The the a wagon of Conjuration, an a wagon imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created near Eg Vurnä Qul̄vo by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History