Kad Hev-ärtunw

Kad Hev-ärtunw (/hev/ /ɑrˈtunw/ [current] [recession]) is a subtropical City located in the Sluptprond Principality of the Koiapi.

The name Kad Hev-ärtunw is derived from the Goblin language, as Kad Hev-ärtunw was founded by Dheirreal, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Kad Hev-ärtunw has a yearly average temperature of 9°C (48°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 2°C (35°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Kad Hev-ärtunw receives an average of 253 cm/y (99 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kad Hev-ärtunw covers an area of nearly 47 km² (18 mi²), and an average elevation of 3900 m (12795 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kad Hev-ärtunw was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1290, by Dheirreal. 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 Dheirreal.

Kad Hev-ärtunw was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kad Hev-ärtunw is no diffrent. The city'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.

Kad Hev-ärtunw is buildings are arranged within a network of restrictive paverstone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Kad Hev-ärtunw weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses 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 Kad Hev-ärtunw seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do.

Civic Infrastructure

Kad Hev-ärtunw possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Kad Hev-ärtunw has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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 Kad Hev-ärtunw. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kad Hev-ärtunw's parks.

Kad Hev-ärtunw has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Kad Hev-ärtunw.

Kad Hev-ärtunw has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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.

Kad Hev-ärtunw has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Kad Hev-ärtunw has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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.

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

Kad Hev-ärtunw has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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 City. Kad Hev-ärtunw's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Kad Hev-ärtunw possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Kad Hev-ärtunw has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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 Kad Hev-ärtunw's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kad Hev-ärtunw has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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.

Kad Hev-ärtunw 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

Kad Hev-ärtunw's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Kad Hev-ärtunw's mayor's house 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 Kad Hev-ärtunw snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Bonewrought Willow near Kad Hev-ärtunw are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kad Hev-ärtunw's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves performance art to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 via oratory performances.

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.

Kad Hev-ärtunw Census Data: Year 2000

4048 of Kad Hev-ärtunw's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 225 work in Agriculture
• 914 work as Craftsmen
• 325 work as Merchants
• 617 work as Service Workers
• 428 work as General Laborers
• 170 work as Skilled Laborers
• 576 work as Civil Servants
• 354 work in Cottage Industries
• 220 work as Artists
• 219 work in Produce Industries

6380 of Kad Hev-ärtunw's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 665 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kad Hev-ärtunw is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

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 Kad Hev-ärtunw suffered the most. Kad Hev-ärtunw lost 151 people, 242 livestock, and 99 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Calamity.

History