Kad Iojs-lērg

Kad Iojs-lērg (/iˈojs/ /læ̝rg/ [national] [hawk]) is a temperate Large City located in the Vēkæ̈piijuwitlu Principality of the Shayeli.

The name Kad Iojs-lērg is derived from the Goblin language, as Kad Iojs-lērg was founded by Anwen, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Kad Iojs-lērg has a yearly average temperature of 3°C (37°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 2°C (35°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Kad Iojs-lērg receives an average of 206 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the short winter months. Kad Iojs-lērg covers an area of nearly 200 km² (80 mi²), and an average elevation of 1884 m (6181 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kad Iojs-lērg was founded durring the early 17th century in late summer of the year 1602, by Anwen. The establishment of Kad Iojs-lērg was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Anwen struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Kad Iojs-lērg as a prison colony.

Kad Iojs-lērg was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kad Iojs-lērg 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 Iojs-lērg is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city 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. Kad Iojs-lērg's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The monster and outlaw focused fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Looking around Kad Iojs-lērg you immediately realise that the locals are looking back at you. All of them. Everywhere you look somone is staring back at you analytically, looking over every inch of you, your gear, and your companions. As you get close to people, their hands move closer to their belt knife, or dagger. You may want to watch where you go and what you say...

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Kad Iojs-lērg has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Kad Iojs-lērg 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 City. Kad Iojs-lērg's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Kad Iojs-lērg's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Kad Iojs-lērg has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Kad Iojs-lērg has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Kad Iojs-lērg 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 Iojs-lērg's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kad Iojs-lērg 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 Iojs-lērg 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 Iojs-lērg 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.

Kad Iojs-lērg 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

Kad Iojs-lērg's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

In Kad Iojs-lērg the stars are always right.

The Mud Elemental, Small near Kad Iojs-lērg are known to be quite timid.

Kad Iojs-lērg's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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 Iojs-lērg Census Data: Year 2000

17783 of Kad Iojs-lērg's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1012 work in Agriculture
• 3990 work as Craftsmen
• 1443 work as Merchants
• 2716 work as Service Workers
• 1842 work as General Laborers
• 723 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2593 work as Civil Servants
• 1556 work in Cottage Industries
• 1013 work as Artists
• 895 work in Produce Industries

25785 of Kad Iojs-lērg's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3279 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Kad Iojs-lērg’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Kad Iojs-lērg’s streets.

Kad Iojs-lērg makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

The the a cup of Elven High Magic, an a cup imbued with notable amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created near Kad Iojs-lērg by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History