Ham Thåshú Noy

Ham Thåshú Noy (/hɛm/ /ˈðɜːçʌ/ [master; lord] [study]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Sherinoe Earldom of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Ham Thåshú Noy is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ham Thåshú Noy was founded by Tselî, who was culturaly Rosid.

Climate

Ham Thåshú Noy has a yearly average temperature of 9°C (48°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -6°C (22°F). Ham Thåshú Noy receives an average of 303 cm/y (119 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ham Thåshú Noy covers an area of nearly 364 km² (145 mi²), and an average elevation of 4432 m (14540 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ham Thåshú Noy was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1204, by Tselî. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Ham Thåshú Noy was built using the conventions of Rosid durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy is buildings are arranged arround a single broad cobblestone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Astonishigly, the exceptionaly well made fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A quick look in any direction shows Ham Thåshú Noy is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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 Ham Thåshú Noy. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ham Thåshú Noy's parks.

Ham Thåshú Noy has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ham Thåshú Noy.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

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

Ham Thåshú Noy has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

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

Ham Thåshú Noy has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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. Ham Thåshú Noy's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Ham Thåshú Noy's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Ham Thåshú Noy has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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 Ham Thåshú Noy's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Ham Thåshú Noy hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Ham Thåshú Noy's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Ham Thåshú Noy there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Chaneque near Ham Thåshú Noy are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Ham Thåshú Noy's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Necromancy energies of tier 2 via throat 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.

Ham Thåshú Noy Census Data: Year 2000

32263 of Ham Thåshú Noy's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1754 work in Agriculture
• 7059 work as Craftsmen
• 2626 work as Merchants
• 5188 work as Service Workers
• 3324 work as General Laborers
• 1355 work as Skilled Laborers
• 4565 work as Civil Servants
• 2884 work in Cottage Industries
• 1783 work as Artists
• 1725 work in Produce Industries

50172 of Ham Thåshú Noy's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3434 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ham Thåshú Noy is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Ham Thåshú Noy was attacked by a group of nobles with their private armies. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Ham Thåshú Noy lost 170 people, 156 livestock, and 57 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 213, when members of Ham Thåshú Noy's militia enacted an operation to assassinate an enemy mage. The operation was complicated by enemy spies who revealed the militia's plan. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in victory for Ham Thåshú Noy's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Ham Thåshú Noy's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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