Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez (/feˈfwi/ /guːt/ [parallel] [deputy]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Nazah Shire of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez was founded by Zèsê Raycqug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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). Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez receives an average of 72 cm/y (28 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez covers an area of nearly 275 km² (110 mi²), and an average elevation of 11820 m (-4170 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1236, by Zèsê Raycqug. The establishment of Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's construction back out of the project. Zèsê Raycqug pushed on reguardles, and Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez is no diffrent. The city'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.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez is buildings are arranged arround a single spacious packed earth mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city 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. The millitarily questionable fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look arround Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez reveals an abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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 Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's parks.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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.

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

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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 Large City. Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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 Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez 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.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

While Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Rat near Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Conjuration energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez Census Data: Year 2000

24698 of Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1387 work in Agriculture
• 5681 work as Craftsmen
• 1985 work as Merchants
• 3683 work as Service Workers
• 2569 work as General Laborers
• 1012 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3555 work as Civil Servants
• 2213 work in Cottage Industries
• 1328 work as Artists
• 1285 work in Produce Industries

36076 of Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3879 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

The the a cart of Elven High Magic, an a cart imbued with great amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created in Fephwÿ Gewt Cewkez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History