Large City: Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy
Example Undermountain architecture.
StateUndermountain
ProvenceHalähÿhvwu Kingdom
Sub ProvenceEkyewtrewkyeh Hold
RegionVahidï-senk Meadows
Founded1213
Community LeaderLord Mog̈îb
Area181 km2 (72 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp25°C (77°F)
Average Elevation5724 m (18779 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation172 cm/y (67 in/y)
Population42701
Population Density235 people per km2 (593 people per mi2)
Town AuraAbjuration
Naming
Native nameQÿhtvehb Dän Fehy
Pronunciation/foˈlaf/ /fɪ̘ʤ/
Direct Translation[greedy] [child (young human being); child (son or daughter of any age)]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy (/foˈlaf/ /fɪ̘ʤ/ [greedy] [child (young human being); child (son or daughter of any age)]) is a subtropical Large City located in Ekyewtrewkyeh Hold, Halähÿhvwu Kingdom, within the Undermountain.

The name Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy is derived from the Sylvin language, as Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy was founded by Mlêlêb, who was culturaly Undermountain.

Climate

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy receives an average of 172 cm/y (67 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy covers an area of nearly 181 km2 (72 mi2), and an average elevation of 5724 m (18779 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1213, by Mlêlêb. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy was built using the conventions of Undermountain durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt cobblestone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. The city's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences 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 Dän Fehy 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 jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy 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 Dän Fehy's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy 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.

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

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy 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 Dän Fehy 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 Dän Fehy's natural decorations nor waterways.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy 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 Dän Fehy 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 Dän Fehy 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.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy 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

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is recurring in Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy.

The Bloodbrush near Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Elven High Magic 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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 86
  • Farmers: 115
  • Farm Laborer: 203
  • Hunters: 133
  • Milk Maids: 101
  • Ranchers: 57
  • Ranch Hands: 113
  • Shepherds: 106
    • Farmland: 173366 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 10675
    • Poultry: 128103
    • Swine: 8540
    • Sheep: 427
    • Goats: 85
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 4270

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 87
  • Blacksmiths: 99
  • Bookbinders: 52
  • Buckle-makers: 56
  • Cabinetmakers: 106
  • Candlemakers: 147
  • Carpenters: 144
  • Clothmakers: 125
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 44
  • Coopers: 112
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 59
  • Copyists: 40
  • Cutlers: 36
  • Fabricworkers: 92
  • Farrier: 275
  • Furriers: 27
  • Glassworkers: 133
  • Gunsmiths: 84
  • Harness-Makers: 41
  • Hatters: 79
  • Hosiery Workers: 31
  • Jewelers: 48
  • Leatherwrights: 109
  • Locksmiths: 43
  • Matchstick makers: 70
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 61
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 52
  • Paper Workers: 58
  • Plasterers: 54
  • Pursemakers: 74
  • Roofers: 47
  • Ropemakers: 43
  • Rugmakers: 41
  • Saddlers: 80
  • Scabbardmakers: 89
  • Scalemakers: 44
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 27
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 40
  • Shoemakers: 41
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 155
  • Tailors: 316
  • Tanners: 56
  • Upholsterers: 61
  • Watchmakers: 56
  • Weavers: 125
  • Whitesmiths: 35

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 30
  • Arcana Sellers: 29
  • Beer-Sellers: 54
  • Booksellers: 63
  • Butchers: 104
  • Chandlers: 122
  • Chicken Butchers: 116
  • Entrepreneurs: 44
  • Fine Clothiers: 104
  • Fishmongers: 106
  • Florists: 25
  • Potion Sellers: 70
  • Resellers: 185
  • Spice Merchants: 56
  • Wine-sellers: 87
  • Wheelwright: 66
  • Woodsellers: 42

Service workers

  • Bakers: 284
  • Barbers: 198
  • Coachmen: 64
  • Cooks: 177
  • Doctors: 91
  • Gamekeepers: 72
  • Grooms: 36
  • Hairdressers: 170
  • Healers: 127
  • Housekeepers: 125
  • Housemaids: 194
  • House Stewards: 129
  • Inns: 40
  • Laundry maids: 80
  • Maidservants: 142
  • Nursery Maids: 80
  • Pastrycooks: 133
  • Restaurateur: 194
  • Tavern Keepers: 224

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 57
  • Bleachers: 39
  • Chemical Workers: 24
  • Coal Heavers: 90
  • In-Town Couriers: 90
  • Long Haul Couriers: 97
  • Dockyard Workers: 90
  • Gas Workers: 21
  • Hay Merchants: 35
  • Leech Collectors: 116
  • Millers: 97
  • Miners: 104
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 65
  • Postmen: 94
  • Pure Finder: 58
  • Skinners: 122
  • Sugar Refiners: 24
  • Tosher: 65
  • Warehousemen: 158
  • Watercarriers: 93
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 133

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 56
  • Alchemist: 64
  • Clerk: 82
  • Dentists: 44
  • Educators: 113
  • Engineers: 61
  • Gardeners: 43
  • Mages: 32
  • Plumbers: 46
  • Pharmacist: 48
  • Professors: 18
  • Scientists: 31
  • Wizards: 18

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 41
  • Bankers: 58
  • Civil Clerks: 99
  • Civic Iudex: 49
  • Consultants: 27
  • Exorcist: 94
  • Fixers: 50
  • Kami Clerk: 81
  • Landlords: 88
  • Lawyers: 51
  • Legend Keepers: 74
  • Militia Officers: 305
  • Monks, Monastic: 137
  • Monks, Civic: 137
  • Historian, Oral: 97
  • Historian, Textual: 50
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 90
  • Priests: 158
  • Rangers: 59
  • Rat Catchers: 64
  • Scholars: 67
  • Spiritualist: 79
  • Slayers: 23
  • Storytellers: 161
  • Military Officers: 152

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 133
  • Comfort Services: 164
  • Enchanters: 46
  • Herbalists: 46
  • Jaminators: 142
  • Needleworkers: 147
  • Potters: 71
  • Preserve Makers: 122
  • Quilters: 59
  • Seamsters: 224
  • Spinners: 137
  • Tinker: 49
  • Weaver: 101

Artists

  • Actors: 45
  • Architects: 16
  • Bards: 66
  • Costumers: 26
  • Dancers: 50
  • Drafters: 28
  • Engravers: 34
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 21
  • Glaziers: 45
  • Inlayers: 40
  • Musicians: 133
  • Painters, Art: 22
  • Playwrights: 44
  • Sculptors, Art: 38
  • Wood Carvers: 137
  • Writers: 137

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 137
  • Canners: 129
  • Cheesmakers: 158
  • Ice Merchants: 18
  • Millers: 83
  • Picklers: 73
  • Smokers: 51
  • Stockmakers: 48
  • Tobacconists: 70
  • Tallowmakers: 101

16195 of Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

23090 of Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3416 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century an unusualy harsh winter spawned a deadly blizard to Qÿhtvehb Dän Fehy. The ice, snow, and wind killed 178 people, 332 livestock, and destroyed 71. The event is remembered as Death's Breath.

History