Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd (/cɪnf/ /iˈjusduˌsazd/ [permanent] [treatment]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Ngelágemim Principality of the Pelala.

The name Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd is derived from the Goblin language, as Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd was founded by Brilëd, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd has a yearly average temperature of 4°C (39°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 7°C (44°F). Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd receives an average of 207 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the brutaly long winter months. Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd covers an area of nearly 58 km² (23 mi²), and an average elevation of 1314 m (4311 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1223, by Brilëd. 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 Brilëd.

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd 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 Velahi-ijusdusazd is is constructed arround a series of crampt split-log ties mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. 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. Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd's exceptionaly well made fortifications 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.

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the city has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd 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 Velahi-ijusdusazd's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

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

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd 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 Velahi-ijusdusazd 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 Velahi-ijusdusazd's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd 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 Velahi-ijusdusazd 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 Velahi-ijusdusazd 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 Velahi-ijusdusazd's town hall 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is short in Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd.

The Fogwarden near Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Enchantment energies of tier 3 via throat singing.

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 Velahi-ijusdusazd Census Data: Year 2000

5088 of Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 273 work in Agriculture
• 1153 work as Craftsmen
• 419 work as Merchants
• 749 work as Service Workers
• 531 work as General Laborers
• 213 work as Skilled Laborers
• 715 work as Civil Servants
• 472 work in Cottage Industries
• 287 work as Artists
• 276 work in Produce Industries

7968 of Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 833 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

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History

The the a crown of Summoning, an a crown imbued with great amounts of Summoning energies was created near Kad Velahi-ijusdusazd by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History