Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn (/zabn/ /gɪ̘bn/ [abundant; lush] [tusk]) is a subtropical City located in Ÿchäcÿ Hold, Lälhulål Kingdom, within the Undermountain.

The name Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn is derived from the Sylvin language, as Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn was founded by Yoīshīy Joī 'Bella Cherry' Mānḱ Ermé Mpf̄y, who was culturaly Undermountain.

Climate

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn receives an average of 237 cm/y (93 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn covers an area of nearly 36 km² (14 mi²), and an average elevation of 9778 m (-10869 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn was founded durring the early 11th century, by Yoīshīy Joī 'Bella Cherry' Mānḱ Ermé Mpf̄y. The establishment of Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Yoīshīy Joī 'Bella Cherry' Mānḱ Ermé Mpf̄y electing to pay people to resettle in Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn.

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn was built using the conventions of Undermountain durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn 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 Zabn Gehbn is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious carved bedrock streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The city's frontieer-style defences have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Looking around Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn you immediately realise that the locals are looking back at you. All of them. Everywhere you look somone is staring back at you analytically, looking over every inch of you, your gear, and your companions. As you get close to people, their hands move closer to their belt knife, or dagger. You may want to watch where you go and what you say...

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn 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 City. Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn 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 Zabn Gehbn 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 Zabn Gehbn's natural decorations nor waterways.

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn 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 Zabn Gehbn 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 Zabn Gehbn 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 Zabn Gehbn's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Trailgaunt near Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Augury 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.

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn Census Data: Year 2000

3150 of Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 171 work in Agriculture
• 704 work as Craftsmen
• 259 work as Merchants
• 463 work as Service Workers
• 326 work as General Laborers
• 131 work as Skilled Laborers
• 469 work as Civil Servants
• 278 work in Cottage Industries
• 173 work as Artists
• 176 work in Produce Industries

5309 of Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 172 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

The roads leading into Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of killed a tyrannical who had controlled Qÿhtvehb Zabn Gehbn for years. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History