I̽lönstir Hot Ner

I̽lönstir Hot Ner (/i̽ˈlo˞nstir/ /hot/ [academic] [clothes; clothing]) is a temperate Town located in the Gde̜ngwatyod Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name I̽lönstir Hot Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as I̽lönstir Hot Ner was founded by Dyegfê Bhineiris Wudush, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

I̽lönstir Hot Ner has a yearly average temperature of 4°C (39°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -15°C (5°F). I̽lönstir Hot Ner receives an average of 307 cm/y (120 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. I̽lönstir Hot Ner covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3320 m (10892 ft) above sea level.

Overview

I̽lönstir Hot Ner was founded durring the early 9th century, by Dyegfê Bhineiris Wudush. The establishment of I̽lönstir Hot Ner suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of I̽lönstir Hot Ner which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

I̽lönstir Hot Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and I̽lönstir Hot Ner 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.

I̽lönstir Hot Ner is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow cobblestone 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 protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Astonishigly, the frontieer-style defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Right off the bat I̽lönstir Hot Ner 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. The influx of wealth has brought with it an influx of relaxation. Everywhere you look people are enjoying their prosperity in a slow, casual, and deliberate manner. There’s no rush for anything anywhere you look.

Civic Infrastructure

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

I̽lönstir Hot 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.

I̽lönstir Hot 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.

I̽lönstir Hot 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.

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

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

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

I̽lönstir Hot 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.

I̽lönstir Hot Ner 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

Two or more groups of citizens within I̽lönstir Hot Ner 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.

I̽lönstir Hot Ner's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in I̽lönstir Hot Ner.

The Winter Wolf near I̽lönstir Hot Ner are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

I̽lönstir Hot Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via proclamations.

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.

I̽lönstir Hot Ner Census Data: Year 2000

356 of I̽lönstir Hot Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 77 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

760 of I̽lönstir Hot Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 46 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, I̽lönstir Hot Ner 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 the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of I̽lönstir Hot Ner's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History