Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm (Spsvev /lɛˈmuʃəm/ [match (game); contest] [conference]) is a subtropical Town located in Ghenuwæ̈kujmäp Hold, Novfàg Provence, within the Tauranian United Provinces.

The name Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm is derived from the Tauric language, as Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm was founded by Marianne Guynner, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 14°C (57°F). Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm receives an average of 264 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1212 m (3976 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1259, by Marianne Guynner. The establishment of Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Marianne Guynner struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm as a prison colony.

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm 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.

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm is was constructed arround several spacious baked earthen 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 town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Astonishigly, the minimaly adiquite are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm 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.

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm 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.

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

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

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm 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

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm's mayor's house 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm.

The Gravebound near Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm are known to be quite timid.

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via chanting.

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.

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm Census Data: Year 2000

354 of Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 79 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 56 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

743 of Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 82 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

The the a cloak of Elven High Magic, an a cloak imbued with great amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created near Odíhg Spsvevlèmushàm by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History