Large Town: Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä
Example Gnollish architecture.
StateCity-state of Yastas
ProvenceWhïzdisg Principality
RegionVri̽ze Ir Basin
Founded1264
Community LeaderLord Holgerh vyim Yuvnorusg
Area6 km2 (2 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp0°C (32°F)
Average Elevation5126 m (16817 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation198 cm/y (77 in/y)
Population1513
Population Density252 people per km2 (756 people per mi2)
Town AuraAugury
Naming
Native nameIyuzeld Kágeco-trä
Pronunciation/op/ /træ̝/
Direct Translation[tight; narrow] [human]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä (/op/ /træ̝/ [tight; narrow] [human]) is a temperate Large Town located in the Whïzdisg Principality of the City-state of Yastas.

The name Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä is derived from the Gnollish language, as Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä was founded by Zêmegfëm vyim Fɪgsegraɑgki, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä has a yearly average temperature of 0°C (32°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 18°C (64°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -19°C (-2°F). Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä receives an average of 198 cm/y (77 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä covers an area of nearly 6 km2 (2 mi2), and an average elevation of 5126 m (16817 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1264, by Zêmegfëm vyim Fɪgsegraɑgki. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä is no diffrent. The town'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.

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad cobblestone streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's monster and outlaw focused fortifications 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.

A look around Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä 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 just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä 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 Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's parks.

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

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä 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 Kágeco-trä 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.

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

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä 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 Town. Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä 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 Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's natural decorations nor waterways.

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä 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 Kágeco-trä 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.

Cultural Notes

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Sandman near Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 via mimery.

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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 3
  • Farmers: 4
  • Farm Laborer: 8
  • Hunters: 5
  • Milk Maids: 3
  • Ranchers: 1
  • Ranch Hands: 3
  • Shepherds: 3
    • Farmland: 6097 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 378
    • Poultry: 4539
    • Swine: 302
    • Sheep: 15
    • Goats: 3
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 151

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 2
  • Blacksmiths: 3
  • Bookbinders: 1
  • Buckle-makers: 2
  • Cabinetmakers: 3
  • Candlemakers: 5
  • Carpenters: 4
  • Clothmakers: 4
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 1
  • Coopers: 4
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 2
  • Copyists: 1
  • Cutlers: 1
  • Fabricworkers: 3
  • Farrier: 9
  • Glassworkers: 5
  • Gunsmiths: 3
  • Harness-Makers: 1
  • Hatters: 2
  • Hosiery Workers: 1
  • Jewelers: 1
  • Leatherwrights: 3
  • Locksmiths: 1
  • Matchstick makers: 2
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 2
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Paper Workers: 2
  • Plasterers: 2
  • Pursemakers: 2
  • Roofers: 1
  • Ropemakers: 1
  • Rugmakers: 1
  • Saddlers: 2
  • Scabbardmakers: 3
  • Scalemakers: 1
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Shoemakers: 1
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 5
  • Tailors: 11
  • Tanners: 1
  • Upholsterers: 2
  • Watchmakers: 1
  • Weavers: 4
  • Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
  • Arcana Sellers: 1
  • Beer-Sellers: 2
  • Booksellers: 2
  • Butchers: 3
  • Chandlers: 3
  • Chicken Butchers: 3
  • Entrepreneurs: 1
  • Fine Clothiers: 3
  • Fishmongers: 3
  • Potion Sellers: 2
  • Resellers: 5
  • Spice Merchants: 2
  • Wine-sellers: 3
  • Wheelwright: 2
  • Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

  • Bakers: 9
  • Barbers: 6
  • Coachmen: 2
  • Cooks: 7
  • Doctors: 3
  • Gamekeepers: 2
  • Grooms: 1
  • Hairdressers: 5
  • Healers: 4
  • Housekeepers: 3
  • Housemaids: 7
  • House Stewards: 4
  • Inns: 1
  • Laundry maids: 2
  • Maidservants: 4
  • Nursery Maids: 2
  • Pastrycooks: 4
  • Restaurateur: 6
  • Tavern Keepers: 6

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 2
  • Bleachers: 1
  • Coal Heavers: 3
  • In-Town Couriers: 3
  • Long Haul Couriers: 3
  • Dockyard Workers: 3
  • Hay Merchants: 1
  • Leech Collectors: 4
  • Millers: 3
  • Miners: 3
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 2
  • Postmen: 3
  • Pure Finder: 1
  • Skinners: 3
  • Tosher: 2
  • Warehousemen: 4
  • Watercarriers: 3
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 5

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 1
  • Alchemist: 2
  • Clerk: 3
  • Dentists: 1
  • Educators: 3
  • Engineers: 2
  • Gardeners: 1
  • Mages: 1
  • Plumbers: 1
  • Pharmacist: 1
  • Scientists: 1

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 1
  • Bankers: 2
  • Civil Clerks: 3
  • Civic Iudex: 1
  • Exorcist: 3
  • Fixers: 1
  • Kami Clerk: 2
  • Landlords: 2
  • Lawyers: 1
  • Legend Keepers: 2
  • Militia Officers: 13
  • Monks, Monastic: 4
  • Monks, Civic: 4
  • Historian, Oral: 3
  • Historian, Textual: 1
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 3
  • Priests: 6
  • Rangers: 2
  • Rat Catchers: 2
  • Scholars: 2
  • Spiritualist: 2
  • Storytellers: 5
  • Military Officers: 5

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 4
  • Comfort Services: 5
  • Enchanters: 1
  • Herbalists: 1
  • Jaminators: 5
  • Needleworkers: 5
  • Potters: 2
  • Preserve Makers: 4
  • Quilters: 2
  • Seamsters: 9
  • Spinners: 4
  • Tinker: 1
  • Weaver: 4

Artists

  • Actors: 1
  • Bards: 2
  • Dancers: 1
  • Drafters: 1
  • Engravers: 1
  • Glaziers: 1
  • Inlayers: 1
  • Musicians: 4
  • Playwrights: 1
  • Sculptors, Art: 1
  • Wood Carvers: 4
  • Writers: 5

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 5
  • Canners: 4
  • Cheesmakers: 5
  • Millers: 2
  • Picklers: 2
  • Smokers: 1
  • Stockmakers: 1
  • Tobacconists: 2
  • Tallowmakers: 3

482 of Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1001 of Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 30 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä is a major trade hub, connecting several important cities or resource production areas. It’s probably at an important river juncture, ancient crossroads, or occupying the only safe path through some perilous wilderness. Its position may be important enough that it can survive on trade alone, despite being unable to feed itself with the surrounding land. Such hubs are usually heavily garrisoned by the lord who profits from their tariffs and taxes.

Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Iyuzeld Kágeco-trä suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

The the a mandolin of Transmutation, an a mandolin imbued with potent amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Iyuzeld Ïnv-prond by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History