Ro̠-astgal Vrët

Ro̠-astgal Vrët (/ro̠/ /ˈastgal/ [science] [prey]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ithjegrö Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Ro̠-astgal Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Ro̠-astgal Vrët was founded by Molodoryx Phralzis, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Ro̠-astgal Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing 0°C (32°F). Ro̠-astgal Vrët receives an average of 149 cm/y (58 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ro̠-astgal Vrët covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2816 m (9238 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ro̠-astgal Vrët was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1192, by Molodoryx Phralzis. The establishment of Ro̠-astgal Vrët was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Ro̠-astgal Vrët's construction back out of the project. Molodoryx Phralzis pushed on reguardles, and Ro̠-astgal Vrët was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ro̠-astgal Vrët is no diffrent. The town'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.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of spacious packed earth streets which form hexical paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The town's peasent-grade are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Ro̠-astgal Vrët shows Ro̠-astgal Vrët as a den of corruption. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is. The town has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Ro̠-astgal Vrët places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

Ro̠-astgal Vrët has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ro̠-astgal Vrët.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët 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.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët 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.

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

Ro̠-astgal Vrët possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët 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.

Cultural Notes

Ro̠-astgal Vrët's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Ro̠-astgal Vrët tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Gravebound near Ro̠-astgal Vrët are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 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.

Ro̠-astgal Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

404 of Ro̠-astgal Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 90 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

782 of Ro̠-astgal Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 103 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Ro̠-astgal Vrët 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

The the a broach of Conjuration, an a broach imbued with great amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Ro̠-astgal Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History