Kōs Fraw Vrët

Kōs Fraw Vrët (/koːs/ /fraw/ [immune] [spine]) is a subtropical Town located in the Zde̜ze̜ Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Kōs Fraw Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Kōs Fraw Vrët was founded by Munvin Bhineiris, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Kōs Fraw Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 5°C (41°F). Kōs Fraw Vrët receives an average of 150 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kōs Fraw Vrët covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3598 m (11804 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kōs Fraw Vrët was founded durring the late 9th century, by Munvin Bhineiris. The establishment of Kōs Fraw Vrët suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Kōs Fraw Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kōs Fraw Vrët is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Kōs Fraw Vrët is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of crampt baked earthen 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 emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Unfortuantly, these minimaly adiquite 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 Kōs Fraw Vrët gives you a feeling of distrust and paranoia. Also greed. The locals seem to be very much into scholastic pursuits, based on the hushed, murmured conversations you hear at least. Everyone in Kōs Fraw Vrët acts like they have discovered something wondrous, and are worried they will endure some horrible fate so another can take what they’ve discovered for themselves.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Kōs Fraw Vrët 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.

Kōs Fraw Vrët 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.

Kōs Fraw Vrët 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.

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

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

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

Kōs Fraw Vrët 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

Kōs Fraw Vrët's chapel 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, summer is long in Kōs Fraw Vrët.

The Sandman near Kōs Fraw Vrët are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kōs Fraw Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Kōs Fraw Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

348 of Kōs Fraw Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

752 of Kōs Fraw Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 57 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kōs Fraw Vrët produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

Kōs Fraw Vrët is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

The the a mace of Truename Magic, an a mace imbued with great amounts of Truename Magic energies was created near Kōs Fraw Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History