Nèmotgèm Se

Nèmotgèm Se (/nɛm/ /ˈotgɛm/ [son] [species]) is a subtropical Town located in the Weian Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Nèmotgèm Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Nèmotgèm Se was founded by Horxohz Nanney, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Nèmotgèm Se has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 19°C (66°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Nèmotgèm Se receives an average of 240 cm/y (94 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nèmotgèm Se covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1066 m (3497 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nèmotgèm Se was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1429, by Horxohz Nanney. The establishment of Nèmotgèm Se was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Horxohz Nanney struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Nèmotgèm Se as a prison colony.

Nèmotgèm Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nèmotgèm Se is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Nèmotgèm Se is buildings are arranged within a network of broad gravel streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Nèmotgèm Se shows Nèmotgèm Se is little more than a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Nèmotgèm Se 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.

Nèmotgèm Se 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.

Nèmotgèm Se 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.

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

Nèmotgèm Se possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Nèmotgèm Se has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Nèmotgèm Se 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

While Nèmotgèm Se has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Nèmotgèm Se's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Nèmotgèm Se rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Almiraj near Nèmotgèm Se are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Nèmotgèm Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves line dance to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via oratory performances.

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.

Nèmotgèm Se Census Data: Year 2000

383 of Nèmotgèm Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 88 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

790 of Nèmotgèm Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 102 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Nèmotgèm Se is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of killed a tyrannical who had controlled Nèmotgèm Se for years. One of Nèmotgèm Se's festivals remembers the hero.

History