Ntule Nam Kez

Ntule Nam Kez (/ˈntule/ /nam/ [ambiguous] [flood]) is a temperate Town located in the Wǟlwu Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Ntule Nam Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Ntule Nam Kez was founded by Bikninu Drimorlas Phiegror, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Ntule Nam Kez has a yearly average temperature of 10°C (50°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -7°C (20°F). Ntule Nam Kez receives an average of 243 cm/y (95 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ntule Nam Kez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2272 m (7454 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ntule Nam Kez was founded durring the late 16th century in spring of the year 1552, by Bikninu Drimorlas Phiegror. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Ntule Nam Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ntule Nam Kez is no diffrent. The town'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.

Ntule Nam Kez is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of crampt cobblestone streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The town's would-be-castle fortifications 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 Ntule Nam Kez is like a look into a broken heart. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need. It’s not malicious. Heads are hung. Eyes are empty. Something truly horrible happened here once upon a time and the town never healed.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Ntule Nam 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.

Ntule Nam 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.

Ntule Nam 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.

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

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

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

Ntule Nam 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.

Ntule Nam 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

Ntule Nam Kez is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Ntule Nam Kez's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Ntule Nam Kez the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Sylph near Ntule Nam Kez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Ntule Nam Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves drinking to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 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.

Ntule Nam Kez Census Data: Year 2000

319 of Ntule Nam Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 73 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 49 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

692 of Ntule Nam Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 53 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

The the a gallion of Elven High Magic, an a gallion imbued with notable amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created in Ntule Nam Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History