Mentsë-frot Gri

Mentsë-frot Gri (/ˈmentsɛ/ /frot/ [rubber; tire] [cabinet; drawer]) is a temperate Large City located in Ögfaro̠t Parish, Ke̜kzi Diocese, within the Irus.

The name Mentsë-frot Gri is derived from the Sylvin language, as Mentsë-frot Gri was founded by Èqtêv, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Mentsë-frot Gri has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Mentsë-frot Gri receives an average of 207 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Mentsë-frot Gri covers an area of nearly 167 km² (66 mi²), and an average elevation of 7992 m (-16729 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mentsë-frot Gri was founded durring the late 10th century, by Èqtêv. The establishment of Mentsë-frot Gri suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Mentsë-frot Gri which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Mentsë-frot Gri was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot Gri is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of premissive 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 city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. The city's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences 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 Mentsë-frot Gri seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Mentsë-frot Gri possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot 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.

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

Mentsë-frot Gri has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Mentsë-frot 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 Large City. Mentsë-frot Gri's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Mentsë-frot Gri possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Mentsë-frot Gri has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Mentsë-frot Gri has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Mentsë-frot 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 Mentsë-frot Gri's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot 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.

Mentsë-frot Gri is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

There’s a relatively new religion in Mentsë-frot Gri which is rapidly gaining power. It might be a sectarian offshoot of a major faith, the unique product of a new prophet, or an outside faith backed by wealthy and powerful foreign supporters. Depending on the demands made on believers, the new faith may be a matter of concern only to the existing clergy, or it might be a major flashpoint for conflict in the community.

Mentsë-frot Gri's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Mentsë-frot Gri rainbows form quite often above the Large City.

The Herd Animal, Sheep near Mentsë-frot Gri are known to be quite timid.

Mentsë-frot Gri's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves drinking to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Mentsë-frot Gri Census Data: Year 2000

14828 of Mentsë-frot Gri's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 790 work in Agriculture
• 3346 work as Craftsmen
• 1214 work as Merchants
• 2299 work as Service Workers
• 1517 work as General Laborers
• 617 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2096 work as Civil Servants
• 1306 work in Cottage Industries
• 849 work as Artists
• 794 work in Produce Industries

22445 of Mentsë-frot Gri's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1961 (5%) are noncontributers.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Mentsë-frot Gri was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Mentsë-frot Gri lost 209 people, 247 livestock, and 69 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 145, when members of Mentsë-frot Gri's militia enacted an operation to recruit a particular solgiers group. The operation was complicated by a natural disaster interrupted the operation, shattering unit cohesion. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in victory for Mentsë-frot Gri's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Mentsë-frot Gri's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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