Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd (/kə/ /ruːd/ [thin )slender); slim] [bell]) is a subtropical Large City located in Qäncäq Hold, Dähechanxya Kingdom, within the Undermountain.

The name Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd is derived from the Sylvin language, as Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd was founded by Theddu, who was culturaly Undermountain.

Climate

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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). Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd receives an average of 107 cm/y (42 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd covers an area of nearly 107 km² (42 mi²), and an average elevation of 10950 m (-7024 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1384, by Theddu. The establishment of Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Theddu struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd as a prison colony.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd was built using the conventions of Undermountain durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious worn bedrock streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city has a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, battlments, and even a moat, which are fashioned from stone and timber. Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. The city's unusual though effective defenses are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

A look around Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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 just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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 Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's parks.

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

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

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

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

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

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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. Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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 Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's natural decorations nor waterways.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Bumblebee, Giant near Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd are known to be quite timid.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 via throat singing.

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.

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd Census Data: Year 2000

9489 of Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 517 work in Agriculture
• 2092 work as Craftsmen
• 789 work as Merchants
• 1426 work as Service Workers
• 968 work as General Laborers
• 406 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1378 work as Civil Servants
• 867 work in Cottage Industries
• 531 work as Artists
• 515 work in Produce Industries

15181 of Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 762 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd 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.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century heavy spring rains following an uncharacteristically dry year and a minor earthquake resulted in the collapse of the north side of Toluca Valley. the landslide struck Qÿhtvehb Cä Rewd, and devastated the community. 154 people, 346 livestock, and 59 buildings were lost to the calamity. The disaster is recorded in history as Terror's Fall.

History