Mbos-mënma Gri

Mbos-mënma Gri (/mbos/ /ˈmɛnma/ [code] [treasure]) is a subtropical City located in the Qujusukoga Moot of the Rosid.

The name Mbos-mënma Gri is derived from the Goblin language, as Mbos-mënma Gri was founded by Èdshënm, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Mbos-mënma Gri has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Mbos-mënma Gri receives an average of 130 cm/y (51 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Mbos-mënma Gri covers an area of nearly 33 km² (13 mi²), and an average elevation of 6088 m (19973 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mbos-mënma Gri was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1373, by Èdshënm. The establishment of Mbos-mënma Gri was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Èdshënm electing to pay people to resettle in Mbos-mënma Gri.

Mbos-mënma Gri was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mbos-mënma Gri 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.

Mbos-mënma Gri is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad cobblestone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city rests behind a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, and battlments. Mbos-mënma Gri's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. The city's unusual yet seemingly effective fortifications have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look around Mbos-mënma Gri gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Mbos-mënma Gri brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Mbos-mënma Gri has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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 Mbos-mënma Gri. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Mbos-mënma Gri's parks.

Mbos-mënma Gri has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mbos-mënma Gri.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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.

Mbos-mënma Gri has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Mbos-mënma Gri 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.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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.

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

Mbos-mënma Gri 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. Mbos-mënma Gri's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Mbos-mënma Gri's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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 Mbos-mënma Gri's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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.

Mbos-mënma Gri 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

Mbos-mënma Gri is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Mbos-mënma Gri's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Mbos-mënma Gri vermin leave small tokens in payment for food taken.

The Pard near Mbos-mënma Gri are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mbos-mënma Gri's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves line dance to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 via 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.

Mbos-mënma Gri Census Data: Year 2000

2926 of Mbos-mënma Gri's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 166 work in Agriculture
• 654 work as Craftsmen
• 240 work as Merchants
• 460 work as Service Workers
• 296 work as General Laborers
• 116 work as Skilled Laborers
• 412 work as Civil Servants
• 259 work in Cottage Industries
• 160 work as Artists
• 163 work in Produce Industries

4478 of Mbos-mënma Gri's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 557 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Mbos-mënma Gri's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century an unusualy harsh winter spawned a deadly blizard to Mbos-mënma Gri. The ice, snow, and wind killed 239 people, 217 livestock, and destroyed 34. The event is remembered as Ill Tides's Breath.

History