Gdö Bëftlo Kez

Gdö Bëftlo Kez (/gdo˞/ /ˈbɛftlo/ [hard; difficult; firm; solid] [flaw; defect]) is a subtropical Town located in Trijdmebo Zone, Ke̜kzi Diocese, within the Covenent of Irus.

The name Gdö Bëftlo Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Gdö Bëftlo Kez was founded by Dennis Khorva, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Gdö Bëftlo Kez has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Gdö Bëftlo Kez receives an average of 150 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Gdö Bëftlo Kez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4684 m (15367 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gdö Bëftlo Kez was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1200, by Dennis Khorva. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gdö Bëftlo Kez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt packed earth streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Gdö Bëftlo Kez's frontieer-style defences has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Right off the bat Gdö Bëftlo Kez hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. This wealth has brought the town nothing but neurosis, if you can believe your eyes. Everyone acts as if you’re out to take a piece of them. Every door is locked and every window barred. Efforts are made to make you feel welcome, but only in the public areas of the town, particularly the market.

Civic Infrastructure

Gdö Bëftlo Kez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Gdö Bëftlo Kez.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez 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.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez 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.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez 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.

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

Gdö Bëftlo Kez has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez'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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is recurring in Gdö Bëftlo Kez.

The Bumblebee, Giant Worker near Gdö Bëftlo Kez are known to be quite timid.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Necromancy energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Gdö Bëftlo Kez Census Data: Year 2000

340 of Gdö Bëftlo Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 78 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 56 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 48 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

681 of Gdö Bëftlo Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 88 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Gdö Bëftlo Kez is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

POI

History

The the a cape of Abjuration, an a cape imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created near Gdö Bëftlo Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History