Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä (/gɒ̋læg/ /kǣɜː/ [urban] [wool]) is a temperate Large City located in the Gīmōthyǎvy Region of the Goblin Tribes.

The name Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä is derived from the Goblin language, as Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä was founded by Stephen Dwayne Adam, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 13°C (55°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä receives an average of 236 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä covers an area of nearly 190 km² (76 mi²), and an average elevation of 1752 m (5748 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1389, by Stephen Dwayne Adam. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Stephen Dwayne Adam.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä is is constructed arround a series of restrictive paverstone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The robustly designed timber walls have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä’s streets. Yet, deep down, you know this atmosphere is a carefully created illusion. You can see the ocasional seam in their tapestry. You’re not sure what has them doing their best to act so carefree, but act carefree they do.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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 Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's parks.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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. Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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 Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's natural decorations nor waterways.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä 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

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä.

The Trailgaunt near Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves ritual combat to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via oath swearing.

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.

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä Census Data: Year 2000

16933 of Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 925 work in Agriculture
• 3859 work as Craftsmen
• 1387 work as Merchants
• 2551 work as Service Workers
• 1733 work as General Laborers
• 712 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2381 work as Civil Servants
• 1552 work in Cottage Industries
• 919 work as Artists
• 914 work in Produce Industries

26544 of Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1344 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

The the a greatsword of Charm, an a greatsword imbued with notable amounts of Charm energies was created near Gaw̋läg Cǟr Ni̋ēkēä by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History