Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab (/jagh/ /erktuˈab/ [together] [trader]) is a temperate Large City located in Cabhopmÿh Hold, Yazcarfeh Kingdom, within the Undermountain.

The name Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab is derived from the Sylvin language, as Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab was founded by Glêpí, who was culturaly Undermountain.

Climate

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 18°C (64°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab receives an average of 264 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab covers an area of nearly 233 km² (93 mi²), and an average elevation of 2222 m (7290 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1340, by Glêpí. The establishment of Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab's construction back out of the project. Glêpí pushed on reguardles, and Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab was built using the conventions of Undermountain durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab is no diffrent. The city'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.

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab is is constructed arround a semi-circular narrow cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Astonishigly, the exceptionaly well made fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab gives 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 Yagh Erchtuab brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab 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 Yagh Erchtuab's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

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

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab 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 Yagh Erchtuab 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 Yagh Erchtuab's natural decorations nor waterways.

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab 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 Yagh Erchtuab 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 Yagh Erchtuab 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 Yagh Erchtuab 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 Yagh Erchtuab's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is recurring in Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab.

The Decapus near Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 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 Yagh Erchtuab Census Data: Year 2000

21043 of Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1143 work in Agriculture
• 4807 work as Craftsmen
• 1674 work as Merchants
• 3273 work as Service Workers
• 2179 work as General Laborers
• 867 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2939 work as Civil Servants
• 1854 work in Cottage Industries
• 1203 work as Artists
• 1104 work in Produce Industries

33274 of Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1108 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

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

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami ended a famine plaguing Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab. One of Qÿhtvehb Yagh Erchtuab's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History