Skro Vdro Kez

Skro Vdro Kez (/scro/ /vdro/ [even] [task; chore]) is a subtropical Town located in Bæru̽chi Digehâchû Kingdom, Zröntsökid Diocese, within the Covenent of Irus.

The name Skro Vdro Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Skro Vdro Kez was founded by Ga̋ńnḱ Bé̄bó̄ 'Gemma Robin' Rawmpf̄̌sh Yoī Mē̌shvoī Tibe, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Skro Vdro Kez has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Skro Vdro Kez receives an average of 185 cm/y (72 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Skro Vdro Kez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5926 m (19442 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Skro Vdro Kez was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1310, by Ga̋ńnḱ Bé̄bó̄ 'Gemma Robin' Rawmpf̄̌sh Yoī Mē̌shvoī Tibe. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Ga̋ńnḱ Bé̄bó̄ 'Gemma Robin' Rawmpf̄̌sh Yoī Mē̌shvoī Tibe.

Skro Vdro Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Skro Vdro Kez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Skro Vdro Kez is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of spacious baked earthen streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The town 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 town'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 town.

Skro Vdro Kez has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Skro Vdro Kez’s streets. Yet, deep down, you know this atmosphere is a carefully created illusion. You can see the ocasional seam in their tapestry. You’re not sure what has them doing their best to act so carefree, but act carefree they do.

Civic Infrastructure

Skro Vdro Kez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Skro Vdro Kez.

Skro Vdro Kez 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.

Skro Vdro Kez 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.

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

Skro Vdro Kez 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 Town. Skro Vdro Kez's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Skro Vdro Kez has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Skro Vdro Kez 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

Skro Vdro Kez's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Skro Vdro Kez grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.

The Sandman near Skro Vdro Kez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Skro Vdro Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves line dance to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 1 via proclamations.

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.

Skro Vdro Kez Census Data: Year 2000

381 of Skro Vdro Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 84 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

801 of Skro Vdro Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 62 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Skro Vdro Kez 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.

Skro Vdro Kez is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a great windstorm struck Skro Vdro Kez. Its winds were so great they picked up unsecured objects and flung them with enough force to smash brick and skull alike. Buildings collapsed under the gale, burying countless people alive. The storm's devistation was focused on the area arround Skro Vdro Kez, which lost 165 people, 360, and 74 livestock in the disaster.. History remembers the strom as The Storm of Calamity.

History