Iyuzeld Háw-slaw

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw (/hə˞w/ /slaw/ [mature] [scarf]) is a temperate Small Town located in the Sluptprond Principality of the Koiapian City-state.

The name Iyuzeld Háw-slaw is derived from the Gnollish language, as Iyuzeld Háw-slaw was founded by Thraaz vyim Rovuldfilf, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw has a yearly average temperature of 8°C (46°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 3°C (37°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 13°C (55°F). Iyuzeld Háw-slaw receives an average of 250 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Iyuzeld Háw-slaw covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 5708 m (18727 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw was founded durring the late 12th century in spring of the year 1095, by Thraaz vyim Rovuldfilf. The establishment of Iyuzeld Háw-slaw suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Iyuzeld Háw-slaw which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Iyuzeld Háw-slaw 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.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow split-log ties streets which form triangular 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 is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Iyuzeld Háw-slaw's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The top tier civilian fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Right off the bat Iyuzeld Háw-slaw 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. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the town has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Iyuzeld Háw-slaw.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw 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.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw 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.

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

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw 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.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw 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

While Iyuzeld Háw-slaw might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

In Iyuzeld Háw-slaw during thunderstorms, with each flash of lightning, everyone sees different monsters from the corner of their eyes.

The Ronus near Iyuzeld Háw-slaw are known to be quite timid.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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.

Iyuzeld Háw-slaw Census Data: Year 2000

263 of Iyuzeld Háw-slaw's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

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

599 of Iyuzeld Háw-slaw's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 74 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Iyuzeld Háw-slaw is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Iyuzeld Háw-slaw suffered the most. Iyuzeld Háw-slaw lost 262 people, 150 livestock, and 92 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Woe.

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