Nozbö Ne̜t Ner

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner (/ˈnozbo˞/ /ne̜t/ [heavy] [juice]) is a temperate Town located in the Strömo̠w Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Nozbö Ne̜t Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Nozbö Ne̜t Ner was founded by Curulaeril Shumarza, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner has a yearly average temperature of 8°C (46°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -11°C (13°F). Nozbö Ne̜t Ner receives an average of 153 cm/y (60 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Nozbö Ne̜t Ner covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3360 m (11023 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1253, by Curulaeril Shumarza. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Curulaeril Shumarza.

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Nozbö Ne̜t Ner 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.

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner is is constructed arround a series of premissive flagstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Nozbö Ne̜t Ner's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The town's monster and outlaw focused fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

A look around Nozbö Ne̜t Ner makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner 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.

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner 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.

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner 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.

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

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

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

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner 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

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner's bank 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Nozbö Ne̜t Ner.

The Gravebound near Nozbö Ne̜t Ner are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Conjuration energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner Census Data: Year 2000

376 of Nozbö Ne̜t Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

778 of Nozbö Ne̜t Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 100 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Nozbö Ne̜t Ner is surrounded by dangerous terrain: miasmatic swamps, perilous crevasses, radioactive badlands, a pocket of or some other harmful topography. Nozbö Ne̜t Ner might prefer the defensive potential of the terrain here, or have found a precious resource worth the danger. The terrain might have formed at some time since the founding, with the citizens struggling to make terms with the new danger.

The center of Nozbö Ne̜t Ner's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

The the a mace of Chronomancy, an a mace imbued with notable amounts of Chronomancy energies was created near Nozbö Ne̜t Ner by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History