Kad Vätïpo-gháp

Kad Vätïpo-gháp (/tɑx/ /xə˞p/ [slow] [season (quarter of the year)]) is a subtropical City located in the Trērgslij Principality of the Nika.

The name Kad Vätïpo-gháp is derived from the Goblin language, as Kad Vätïpo-gháp was founded by Vetnorh, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Kad Vätïpo-gháp has a yearly average temperature of 2°C (35°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -20°C (-4°F). Kad Vätïpo-gháp receives an average of 236 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kad Vätïpo-gháp covers an area of nearly 27 km² (10 mi²), and an average elevation of 2906 m (9534 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kad Vätïpo-gháp was founded durring the early 16th century in winter of the year 1502, by Vetnorh. The establishment of Kad Vätïpo-gháp was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Vetnorh electing to pay people to resettle in Kad Vätïpo-gháp.

Kad Vätïpo-gháp was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kad Vätïpo-gháp is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Kad Vätïpo-gháp is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of broad canals streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Unfortuantly, these exceptionaly well made fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Kad Vätïpo-gháp 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 which makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Kad Vätïpo-gháp long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Kad Vätïpo-gháp 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 Vätïpo-gháp's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

Kad Vätïpo-gháp 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 Vätïpo-gháp 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 Vätïpo-gháp's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kad Vätïpo-gháp 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 Vätïpo-gháp 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 Vätïpo-gháp 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 Vätïpo-gháp is home to a distinct subculture, who are either the majority here or have the dominant positions in the community. Architecture, local laws, and social customs are all tuned to suit them, and they may not be particularly forgiving or friendly to the major culture of the region. Communities that are not outright independent usually make an arm's-length submission to a local lord.

Kad Vätïpo-gháp's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Kad Vätïpo-gháp grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.

The Ice Elemental, Large near Kad Vätïpo-gháp are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kad Vätïpo-gháp's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Illusion energies of tier 1 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 Vätïpo-gháp Census Data: Year 2000

2385 of Kad Vätïpo-gháp's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 132 work in Agriculture
• 548 work as Craftsmen
• 198 work as Merchants
• 359 work as Service Workers
• 241 work as General Laborers
• 92 work as Skilled Laborers
• 345 work as Civil Servants
• 219 work in Cottage Industries
• 125 work as Artists
• 126 work in Produce Industries

3643 of Kad Vätïpo-gháp's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 384 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Kad Vätïpo-gháp's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Kad Vätïpo-gháp was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Kad Vätïpo-gháp lost 191 people, 242 livestock, and 84 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 212, when members of Kad Vätïpo-gháp's militia enacted an operation to delay the operations of the enemy. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Kad Vätïpo-gháp's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Kad Vätïpo-gháp's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History