Town: Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez
Example Gnollish architecture.
StateUnited Kingdom of Undermountain
ProvenceÁnjimku Kingdom
Sub ProvenceTsdirizeiē̼ County
RegionGèdkùj̼ Moor
Founded1649
Community LeaderJarl Osteocula vyim Roxlendcu vyim Roxlendfilf
Area5 km2 (2 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp12°C (53°F)
Average Elevation1308 m (4291 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation264 cm/y (103 in/y)
Population1348
Population Density269 people per km2 (674 people per mi2)
Town AuraInvocation
Naming
Native nameIyuzeld Nyolt-fez
Pronunciation/njolt/ /fez/
Direct Translation[ancient] [river; stream; creek]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez (/njolt/ /fez/ [ancient] [river; stream; creek]) is a subtropical Town located in Tsdirizeiē̼ County, Ánjimku Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez is derived from the Gnollish language, as Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez was founded by Osteocula vyim Roxlendcu, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 16°C (60°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez receives an average of 264 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez covers an area of nearly 5 km2 (2 mi2), and an average elevation of 1308 m (4291 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez was founded durring the early 17th century in late spring of the year 1649, by Osteocula vyim Roxlendcu. 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 Osteocula vyim Roxlendcu.

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt split-log ties mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's brittle defences 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.

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the town has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez 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 Nyolt-fez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez 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 Nyolt-fez 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.

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez 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

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez there is no wind.

The Kawa Akago near Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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: 2
  • Farmers: 4
  • Farm Laborer: 8
  • Hunters: 4
  • Milk Maids: 3
  • Ranchers: 1
  • Ranch Hands: 3
  • Shepherds: 3
    • Farmland: 5445 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 337
    • Poultry: 4044
    • Swine: 269
    • Sheep: 13
    • Goats: 2
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 134

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 2
  • Blacksmiths: 3
  • Bookbinders: 1
  • Buckle-makers: 1
  • Cabinetmakers: 3
  • Candlemakers: 4
  • Carpenters: 4
  • Clothmakers: 3
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 1
  • Coopers: 3
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
  • Copyists: 1
  • Cutlers: 1
  • Fabricworkers: 2
  • Farrier: 8
  • Glassworkers: 4
  • Gunsmiths: 2
  • Harness-Makers: 1
  • Hatters: 2
  • Jewelers: 1
  • Leatherwrights: 3
  • Locksmiths: 1
  • Matchstick makers: 2
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 1
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Paper Workers: 1
  • Plasterers: 1
  • Pursemakers: 2
  • Roofers: 1
  • Ropemakers: 1
  • Rugmakers: 1
  • Saddlers: 2
  • Scabbardmakers: 2
  • Scalemakers: 1
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Shoemakers: 1
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 4
  • Tailors: 9
  • Tanners: 1
  • Upholsterers: 1
  • Watchmakers: 1
  • Weavers: 3
  • Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

  • Beer-Sellers: 1
  • Booksellers: 1
  • Butchers: 3
  • Chandlers: 3
  • Chicken Butchers: 3
  • Entrepreneurs: 1
  • Fine Clothiers: 3
  • Fishmongers: 3
  • Potion Sellers: 2
  • Resellers: 6
  • Spice Merchants: 1
  • Wine-sellers: 2
  • Wheelwright: 2
  • Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

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

Specialized Laborer

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

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 1
  • Alchemist: 2
  • Clerk: 2
  • Dentists: 1
  • Educators: 4
  • Engineers: 2
  • Gardeners: 1
  • Mages: 1
  • Plumbers: 1
  • Pharmacist: 1
  • Scientists: 1

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 1
  • Bankers: 1
  • Civil Clerks: 3
  • Civic Iudex: 1
  • Exorcist: 2
  • Fixers: 1
  • Kami Clerk: 2
  • Landlords: 2
  • Lawyers: 1
  • Legend Keepers: 2
  • Militia Officers: 9
  • Monks, Monastic: 4
  • Monks, Civic: 3
  • Historian, Oral: 3
  • Historian, Textual: 1
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 3
  • Priests: 7
  • Rangers: 1
  • Rat Catchers: 2
  • Scholars: 2
  • Spiritualist: 2
  • Storytellers: 4
  • Military Officers: 4

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 4
  • Comfort Services: 5
  • Enchanters: 1
  • Herbalists: 1
  • Jaminators: 4
  • Needleworkers: 4
  • Potters: 2
  • Preserve Makers: 4
  • Quilters: 2
  • Seamsters: 7
  • Spinners: 4
  • Tinker: 1
  • Weaver: 3

Artists

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

Produce Industries

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

420 of Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

848 of Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 80 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

POI

History

Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez was attacked by organized criminals with significant wealth and power. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez lost 269 people, 184 livestock, and 95 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 206, when members of Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's militia enacted an operation to delay the operations of the enemy. The operation was complicated by the officer in charge of Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's forces was incompetent, and issue many foolish and-or unprofessional orders. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the depot, which ended in defeat for Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Iyuzeld Nyolt-fez's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History