Hiō Ki̽ Ner

Hiō Ki̽ Ner (/hjoː/ /ki̽/ [past] [effect]) is a temperate Small Town located in the Fövnëbës Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Hiō Ki̽ Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Hiō Ki̽ Ner was founded by Dendromalis Thiestresh, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Hiō Ki̽ Ner has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -13°C (9°F). Hiō Ki̽ Ner receives an average of 152 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Hiō Ki̽ Ner covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4486 m (14717 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hiō Ki̽ Ner was founded durring the early 10th century, by Dendromalis Thiestresh. 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 Dendromalis Thiestresh.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hiō Ki̽ Ner 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.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive paverstone streets which form hexical paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The timber-based walls have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Hiō Ki̽ Ner makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

Hiō Ki̽ Ner has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Hiō Ki̽ Ner.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner 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.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner 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.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner 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.

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

Hiō Ki̽ Ner possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner 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

The law within Hiō Ki̽ Ner is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Hiō Ki̽ Ner there are no smells.

The Cloud Dragon, Wyrmling near Hiō Ki̽ Ner are known to be quite timid.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves square dance to channel Charm energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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.

Hiō Ki̽ Ner Census Data: Year 2000

265 of Hiō Ki̽ Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 19 work in Agriculture
• 57 work as Craftsmen
• 20 work as Merchants
• 42 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 7 work as Skilled Laborers
• 43 work as Civil Servants
• 26 work in Cottage Industries
• 10 work as Artists
• 14 work in Produce Industries

625 of Hiō Ki̽ Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 37 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hiō Ki̽ Ner is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Hiō Ki̽ Ner's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History