Me̜l Lō Med

Me̜l Lō Med (/me̜l/ /loː/ [short; low] [romance]) is a subtropical Large City located in Něbippìærǐi Khi Væd Zone, Thardor Province, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Me̜l Lō Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Me̜l Lō Med was founded by Ecrodu Crolnie, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Me̜l Lō Med has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°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 10°C (50°F). Me̜l Lō Med receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Me̜l Lō Med covers an area of nearly 361 km² (144 mi²), and an average elevation of 1590 m (5216 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Me̜l Lō Med was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1244, by Ecrodu Crolnie. The establishment of Me̜l Lō Med was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ecrodu Crolnie struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Me̜l Lō Med as a prison colony.

Me̜l Lō Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Me̜l Lō Med is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Me̜l Lō Med is buildings have been located at convienant points along the valley Me̜l Lō Med was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the spacious packed earth streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. 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.. Astonishigly, the perhapse unnessisarily well built defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Me̜l Lō Med has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Me̜l Lō Med ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Even with that as it is, everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or much of both. The town should be gone, not dying. 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.

Civic Infrastructure

Me̜l Lō Med possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Me̜l Lō Med has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Me̜l Lō Med 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 Me̜l Lō Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Me̜l Lō Med's parks.

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

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

Me̜l Lō Med has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

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

Me̜l Lō Med has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Me̜l Lō Med 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. Me̜l Lō Med's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

Me̜l Lō Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Me̜l Lō Med has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Me̜l Lō Med 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 Me̜l Lō Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

Me̜l Lō Med 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

Me̜l Lō Med's chapel 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..

In Me̜l Lō Med most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Half-Celestial Unicorn near Me̜l Lō Med are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Me̜l Lō Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves ritual combat to channel Necromancy energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Me̜l Lō Med Census Data: Year 2000

32545 of Me̜l Lō Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1735 work in Agriculture
• 7359 work as Craftsmen
• 2679 work as Merchants
• 4816 work as Service Workers
• 3330 work as General Laborers
• 1352 work as Skilled Laborers
• 4832 work as Civil Servants
• 3013 work in Cottage Industries
• 1769 work as Artists
• 1660 work in Produce Industries

45692 of Me̜l Lō Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 6803 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Me̜l Lō Med 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.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of saved most of the town when a natural disaster struck Me̜l Lō Med. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History