Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët (/ˈfri̽tlmo/ /zdrɛl/ [close; accurate] [ice]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ithjegrö Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët was founded by Vethakh Eenzin, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -1°C (31°F). Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët receives an average of 155 cm/y (61 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3392 m (11128 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët was founded durring the late 12th century in winter of the year 1099, by Vethakh Eenzin. The establishment of Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Vethakh Eenzin electing to pay people to resettle in Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët is was constructed arround several spacious paverstone 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 is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's top tier civilian fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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 Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's parks.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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.

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

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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 Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët 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.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's mayor's house 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët.

The Howler near Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves drinking to channel Augury energies of tier 1 via chanting.

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.

Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

418 of Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 91 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 70 work as Service Workers
• 43 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 59 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

905 of Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 40 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami ended a famine plaguing Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët. One of Fri̽tlmo Zdrël Vrët's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History