Nif Kev Hadfow

Nif Kev Hadfow (/nif/ /kev/ [sensible] [affection]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Nogrehie̜w Moot of the Rosid.

The name Nif Kev Hadfow is derived from the Goblin language, as Nif Kev Hadfow was founded by Vú̄sh Réóchīy 'Kitty Pie' Sēy Mboīy Ermp̪f̄ Dā̌shī Ra̋nḱ, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Nif Kev Hadfow has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Nif Kev Hadfow receives an average of 261 cm/y (102 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nif Kev Hadfow covers an area of nearly 58 km² (23 mi²), and an average elevation of 2108 m (6916 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nif Kev Hadfow was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1360, by Vú̄sh Réóchīy 'Kitty Pie' Sēy Mboīy Ermp̪f̄ Dā̌shī Ra̋nḱ. The establishment of Nif Kev Hadfow was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Nif Kev Hadfow's construction back out of the project. Vú̄sh Réóchīy 'Kitty Pie' Sēy Mboīy Ermp̪f̄ Dā̌shī Ra̋nḱ pushed on reguardles, and Nif Kev Hadfow was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Nif Kev Hadfow was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nif Kev Hadfow is no diffrent. The city'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.

Nif Kev Hadfow is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive worn bedrock streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The city's robustly designed timber walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Right off the bat Nif Kev Hadfow hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Nif Kev Hadfow has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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 Nif Kev Hadfow. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Nif Kev Hadfow's parks.

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

Nif Kev Hadfow 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.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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.

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

Nif Kev Hadfow has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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.

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

Nif Kev Hadfow has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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. Nif Kev Hadfow's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Nif Kev Hadfow's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Nif Kev Hadfow has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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 Nif Kev Hadfow's natural decorations nor waterways.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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.

Nif Kev Hadfow 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

Nif Kev Hadfow's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Nif Kev Hadfow there are no smells.

The Bumblebee, Giant Queen near Nif Kev Hadfow are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Nif Kev Hadfow's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves line dance to channel Charm 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.

Nif Kev Hadfow Census Data: Year 2000

5176 of Nif Kev Hadfow's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 290 work in Agriculture
• 1157 work as Craftsmen
• 423 work as Merchants
• 828 work as Service Workers
• 514 work as General Laborers
• 216 work as Skilled Laborers
• 745 work as Civil Servants
• 454 work in Cottage Industries
• 280 work as Artists
• 269 work in Produce Industries

8007 of Nif Kev Hadfow's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 693 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Nif Kev Hadfow produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Due to a magical anomaly, Nif Kev Hadfow is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami ended a drought plaguing Nif Kev Hadfow. One of Nif Kev Hadfow's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History