Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ (/fri/ /vdro̠/ [silver] [log; stick]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Raugual County of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ was founded by Achassien Ghuldrash, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°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 12°C (53°F). Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ covers an area of nearly 428 km² (171 mi²), and an average elevation of 3850 m (12631 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1241, by Achassien Ghuldrash. The establishment of Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Achassien Ghuldrash struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ as a prison colony.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature stone brick construction with most buildings posessing towers, turrets, dormers, and wide wrap-around porches. An extreem emphasis on decorative features and emblishments can be seen even on the poorest of homes and makes even the most humble of structures seem a bit regal.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious split-log ties streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city 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 failry decent fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Looking around Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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 Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s parks.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

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

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

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

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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. Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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 Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s natural decorations nor waterways.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ 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

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s mayor's house 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 Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ during thunderstorms, with each flash of lightning, everyone sees different monsters from the corner of their eyes.

The Bat, Mobat near Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves square dance to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 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.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ Census Data: Year 2000

38909 of Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2078 work in Agriculture
• 8767 work as Craftsmen
• 3189 work as Merchants
• 5814 work as Service Workers
• 3980 work as General Laborers
• 1545 work as Skilled Laborers
• 5818 work as Civil Servants
• 3406 work in Cottage Industries
• 2187 work as Artists
• 2125 work in Produce Industries

61151 of Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠'s population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2042 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Fri Vdro̠ Qo̠ is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

The the a club of Mysticism, an a club imbued with potent amounts of Mysticism energies was created in Fō Bii̽ Med by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History