Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä (/gǐːiːɔ̂ː/ /nɒ̋iː/ [buxom] [sonar]) is a subtropical Town located in the Seóvmbaw̄ä Provence of the Kingdom of Hobben.

The name Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä is derived from the Goblin language, as Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä was founded by Èqtêv Bresmê Tsîpí, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä receives an average of 269 cm/y (105 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1312 m (4304 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä was founded durring the early 10th century, by Èqtêv Bresmê Tsîpí. The establishment of Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Èqtêv Bresmê Tsîpí struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä as a prison colony.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä 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.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä is buildings are arranged arround a single premissive cobblestone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's somewhat suffishent have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

A look around Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä 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.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä 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.

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

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä 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

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä'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.

In Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Apallie near Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä Census Data: Year 2000

355 of Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 78 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 31 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

724 of Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 81 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. Gé̄ôr Naw̋y Kēä's militia's elite squad is named after .

History