Kàvodetwè Se

Kàvodetwè Se (/ˈcəvo/ /ˈdetwɛ/ [arsenal] [tropical]) is a subtropical Town located in Ghenuwæ̈kujmäp Hold, Novfàg Provence, within the Tauranian United Provinces.

The name Kàvodetwè Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Kàvodetwè Se was founded by Setolaemus Wynney, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kàvodetwè Se has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Kàvodetwè Se receives an average of 254 cm/y (99 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kàvodetwè Se covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1434 m (4704 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kàvodetwè Se was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1257, by Setolaemus Wynney. The establishment of Kàvodetwè Se was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Kàvodetwè Se's construction back out of the project. Setolaemus Wynney pushed on reguardles, and Kàvodetwè Se was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Kàvodetwè Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kàvodetwè Se is no diffrent. The town'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.

Kàvodetwè Se is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of broad paverstone 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 town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The town's robustly designed timber walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Kàvodetwè Se 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 Kàvodetwè Se’s streets. A look around Kàvodetwè Se 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 scutteling 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 everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Kàvodetwè Se long.

Civic Infrastructure

Kàvodetwè Se has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Kàvodetwè Se.

Kàvodetwè Se 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.

Kàvodetwè Se has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Kàvodetwè Se 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.

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

Kàvodetwè Se possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Kàvodetwè Se has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Kàvodetwè Se 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.

Cultural Notes

Kàvodetwè Se's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Kàvodetwè Se hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Gravebound near Kàvodetwè Se are known to be quite timid.

Kàvodetwè Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves gestures to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 via throat chanting.

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.

Kàvodetwè Se Census Data: Year 2000

389 of Kàvodetwè Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 85 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 55 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

802 of Kàvodetwè Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 75 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kàvodetwè Se is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

Kàvodetwè Se has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

The the a crop of Augury, an a crop imbued with potent amounts of Augury energies was created in Kàvodetwè Se by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History