Kad Iyäf-slosta

Kad Iyäf-slosta (/iˈjɑf/ /slosˈta/ [personal] [perfume]) is a temperate City located in the Drarkpruti Principality of the Acoli.

The name Kad Iyäf-slosta is derived from the Goblin language, as Kad Iyäf-slosta was founded by Geth, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Kad Iyäf-slosta has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 16°C (60°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -3°C (27°F). Kad Iyäf-slosta receives an average of 212 cm/y (83 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the long winter months. Kad Iyäf-slosta covers an area of nearly 33 km² (13 mi²), and an average elevation of 3086 m (10124 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kad Iyäf-slosta was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1285, by Geth. The establishment of Kad Iyäf-slosta suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Kad Iyäf-slosta which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Kad Iyäf-slosta was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kad Iyäf-slosta 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 Iyäf-slosta is was constructed arround several spacious baked earthen mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The city 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specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment.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 city is well defended against anything short of an army. Kad Iyäf-slosta's brittle defences are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Kad Iyäf-slosta has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Kad Iyäf-slosta suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Kad Iyäf-slosta long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Kad Iyäf-slosta 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 Iyäf-slosta's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Kad Iyäf-slosta 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 Iyäf-slosta 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 Iyäf-slosta's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kad Iyäf-slosta 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 Iyäf-slosta 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 Iyäf-slosta 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 Iyäf-slosta'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 Kad Iyäf-slosta every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Leshy, Poppy near Kad Iyäf-slosta are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Kad Iyäf-slosta's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves line dance to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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 Iyäf-slosta Census Data: Year 2000

2901 of Kad Iyäf-slosta's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 170 work in Agriculture
• 655 work as Craftsmen
• 228 work as Merchants
• 440 work as Service Workers
• 292 work as General Laborers
• 117 work as Skilled Laborers
• 412 work as Civil Servants
• 265 work in Cottage Industries
• 162 work as Artists
• 160 work in Produce Industries

4587 of Kad Iyäf-slosta's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 394 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kad Iyäf-slosta is remarkably well-fortified for a site of its size and role. Tall, stout walls, strong points inside the community, concentric defenses, a strategic terrain location, or a large body of standing troops might be present. Some threat is thought to exist that makes maintaining this fortification worthwhile, though it may come at a dear cost to the locals. The community’s suzerain may be uncomfortable with these defenses, as they could just as easily be used to defy the ruler.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Kad Iyäf-slosta was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Kad Iyäf-slosta. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Kad Iyäf-slosta lost 277 people, 343 livestock, and 85 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 34, when members of Kad Iyäf-slosta's militia enacted an operation to deliver supplies to a specific bridge. The operation was complicated by an outbreak of plague which struck the ranks, killing many and laying low many more. The conflict ended with the defense of the bridge against a siege, which ended in defeat for Kad Iyäf-slosta's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Kad Iyäf-slosta's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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