Nal Aw Kez

Nal Aw Kez (/nal/ /aw/ [current] [window]) is a subtropical Town located in the Nënchyën Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Nal Aw Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Nal Aw Kez was founded by Geddei Ghuvnaget, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Nal Aw Kez has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing 0°C (32°F). Nal Aw Kez receives an average of 151 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nal Aw Kez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3568 m (11706 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nal Aw Kez was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1083, by Geddei Ghuvnaget. The establishment of Nal Aw Kez was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Geddei Ghuvnaget struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Nal Aw Kez as a prison colony.

Nal Aw Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nal Aw Kez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Nal Aw Kez is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive paverstone 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 town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Astonishigly, the frontieer-style defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Nal Aw Kez has the unmistakable air of a town 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 Nal Aw Kez ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up.

Civic Infrastructure

Nal Aw Kez has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Nal Aw Kez 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 Nal Aw Kez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Nal Aw Kez's parks.

Nal Aw Kez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Nal Aw Kez.

Nal Aw Kez 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.

Nal Aw Kez 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.

Nal Aw Kez 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.

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

Nal Aw Kez 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 Town. Nal Aw Kez's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Nal Aw Kez 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 Nal Aw Kez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Nal Aw Kez 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.

Nal Aw Kez 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

Nal Aw Kez's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Nal Aw Kez's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

In Nal Aw Kez sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Caypup near Nal Aw Kez are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Nal Aw Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves orgies to channel Conjuration energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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.

Nal Aw Kez Census Data: Year 2000

426 of Nal Aw Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 95 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 63 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

898 of Nal Aw Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 55 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Nal Aw Kez has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Nal Aw Kez was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Nal Aw Kez. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Nal Aw Kez lost 250 people, 337 livestock, and 52 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 100, when members of Nal Aw Kez's militia enacted an operation to rescue a particular solgiers group from the enemy. The operation was complicated by the army being put into a position where they could only choose between two terrible options. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the prison, which ended in a stalemate for Nal Aw Kez's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Nal Aw Kez's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History