On Breve Med

On Breve Med (/on/ /ˈbreve/ [green; raw] [cage; crate]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Cerghymmacha County of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name On Breve Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as On Breve Med was founded by Yāy Ga̋chvó̄ 'Amethyst Shy' Ra̋g Cúchīb Vúń̄ Dhando, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

On Breve Med has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 6°C (42°F). On Breve Med receives an average of 151 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. On Breve Med covers an area of nearly 272 km² (108 mi²), and an average elevation of 7434 m (-18559 ft) above sea level.

Overview

On Breve Med was founded durring the late 13th century in fall of the year 1195, by Yāy Ga̋chvó̄ 'Amethyst Shy' Ra̋g Cúchīb Vúń̄ Dhando. The establishment of On Breve Med suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of On Breve Med which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

On Breve Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and On Breve Med is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

On Breve Med is is constructed arround a series of crampt packed earth mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Astonishigly, the failry decent fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around On Breve Med makes you wonder how anything ever gets done. The locals have clear, obvious rivalries with one another, as seen through clenched teeth and fake smiles. What’s more, there is a serious lack of any organization and planning in On Breve Med’s layout as well as the local’s behaviors. The city seems to be a den of chaos where tongues are forked and local customs do not exist.

Civic Infrastructure

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

On Breve Med has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

On Breve Med 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 On Breve Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for On Breve Med's parks.

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

On Breve Med 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.

On Breve Med 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.

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

On Breve Med has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

On Breve Med 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.

On Breve Med 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.

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

On Breve Med has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

On Breve Med 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. On Breve Med's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

On Breve Med possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

On Breve Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

On Breve Med 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.

On Breve Med 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 On Breve Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

On Breve Med 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.

On Breve Med 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.

On Breve Med 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.

On Breve Med is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

The law within On Breve Med is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

On Breve Med's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In On Breve Med rainbows form quite often above the Large City.

The Dvorovoi near On Breve Med are known to be quite timid.

On Breve Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 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.

On Breve Med Census Data: Year 2000

24016 of On Breve Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1339 work in Agriculture
• 5398 work as Craftsmen
• 1971 work as Merchants
• 3624 work as Service Workers
• 2433 work as General Laborers
• 992 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3484 work as Civil Servants
• 2194 work in Cottage Industries
• 1316 work as Artists
• 1265 work in Produce Industries

36489 of On Breve Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3184 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

On Breve Med is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century On Breve Med 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. On Breve Med lost 123 people, and 231 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Suffering Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

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