Mäpt Uhidï-grunks

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks (/ə˞xˈcə˞/ /gruŋs/ [central] [prototype]) is a subtropical Town located in Rêjîg̈êsê County, Trïpghe Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Mäpt Uhidï-grunks is derived from the Gnollish language, as Mäpt Uhidï-grunks was founded by Grehgo vyim Yuvnorusg, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks has a yearly average temperature of 11°C (51°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 15°C (59°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 7°C (44°F). Mäpt Uhidï-grunks receives an average of 260 cm/y (102 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Mäpt Uhidï-grunks covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1388 m (4553 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks was founded durring the early 9th century, by Grehgo vyim Yuvnorusg. The establishment of Mäpt Uhidï-grunks 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.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mäpt Uhidï-grunks 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.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks is is constructed arround a series of crampt paverstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The would-be-castle fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This town is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mäpt Uhidï-grunks.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks 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.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks 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.

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

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks 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

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks's garrison 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Mäpt Uhidï-grunks.

The Blood Hawk near Mäpt Uhidï-grunks are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves performance art to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks Census Data: Year 2000

337 of Mäpt Uhidï-grunks's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 55 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 48 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

728 of Mäpt Uhidï-grunks's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 67 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Mäpt Uhidï-grunks is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History