Nkága-kiq Xluwuf

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf (/ə˞m/ /kiq/ [exotic] [zoo]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Temryont Principality of the Soheque.

The name Nkága-kiq Xluwuf is derived from the Goblin language, as Nkága-kiq Xluwuf was founded by Nendes, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of 4°C (39°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 2°C (35°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). Nkága-kiq Xluwuf receives an average of 208 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nkága-kiq Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 145 km² (58 mi²), and an average elevation of 1536 m (5039 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf was founded durring the early 17th century in late fall of the year 1631, by Nendes. The establishment of Nkága-kiq Xluwuf was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Nendes struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Nkága-kiq Xluwuf as a prison colony.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nkága-kiq Xluwuf is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf is was constructed arround several restrictive packed earth mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The city is in posession of a finaly crafted dwarvern style fortified fighting wall, completer with lower, middle, and upper battlments for use in sloped-fire defence stratagies, murder holes, and statues which may or may not be constructs, and, of course, MERTICULATIONSshortsizename is one of the wealthiest and politicaly connected settlments in the world.. Unfortuantly, these Ragnarock-era relics are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Nkága-kiq Xluwuf gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Nkága-kiq Xluwuf can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Nkága-kiq Xluwuf places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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 Nkága-kiq Xluwuf. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's parks.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Nkága-kiq Xluwuf.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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.

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

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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. Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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 Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Nkága-kiq Xluwuf hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's mayor's house 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Nkága-kiq Xluwuf.

The Azer near Nkága-kiq Xluwuf are known to be quite timid.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Mysticism 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.

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

13060 of Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 708 work in Agriculture
• 2982 work as Craftsmen
• 1054 work as Merchants
• 1946 work as Service Workers
• 1314 work as General Laborers
• 548 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1936 work as Civil Servants
• 1146 work in Cottage Industries
• 734 work as Artists
• 692 work in Produce Industries

20267 of Nkága-kiq Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1030 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Nkága-kiq Xluwuf is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Nkága-kiq Xluwuf experienced an impossibly long, cold, and stormy winter unlike anything seen before. The worst of the disaster struck The storm coated everything in a thick layer of ice and freezing countless animals, plants, and people to death. Nkága-kiq Xluwuf lost 150 people, and 339 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Woe Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

History