Sostle Kot Hadfow

Sostle Kot Hadfow (/ˈsostle/ /cot/ [FALSE] [slice; portion]) is a subtropical Large City located in Qîlà Muchû Kingdom, Chyûyu̽ Lu̹sû Empire, within the Warren.

The name Sostle Kot Hadfow is derived from the Goblin language, as Sostle Kot Hadfow was founded by Khrondri, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Sostle Kot Hadfow has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -1°C (31°F). Sostle Kot Hadfow receives an average of 153 cm/y (60 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the brutaly long winter months. Sostle Kot Hadfow covers an area of nearly 139 km² (55 mi²), and an average elevation of 5412 m (17755 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sostle Kot Hadfow was founded durring the early 17th century in early winter of the year 1647, by Khrondri. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Sostle Kot Hadfow was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sostle Kot Hadfow is no diffrent. The city'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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive cobblestone streets which form triangular 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 city rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Sostle Kot Hadfow's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The city's political statment focused walls 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 Sostle Kot Hadfow 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

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

Sostle Kot Hadfow has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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 Sostle Kot Hadfow. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Sostle Kot Hadfow's parks.

Sostle Kot Hadfow has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Sostle Kot Hadfow.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Sostle Kot Hadfow has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

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

Sostle Kot Hadfow has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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. Sostle Kot Hadfow's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Sostle Kot Hadfow has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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 Sostle Kot Hadfow's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow 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

One or more crime bosses have a powerful influence within Sostle Kot Hadfow. They may control crime within the community itself, or they may use it simply as a safe haven from which to direct their minions elsewhere. Local law enforcement may know all about them, but lack the strength to confront them and their paid or intimidated henchmen.

Sostle Kot Hadfow's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Sostle Kot Hadfow sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Ice Elemental, Medium near Sostle Kot Hadfow are known to be quite timid.

Sostle Kot Hadfow's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves line dance to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 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.

Sostle Kot Hadfow Census Data: Year 2000

12480 of Sostle Kot Hadfow's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 672 work in Agriculture
• 2803 work as Craftsmen
• 996 work as Merchants
• 1995 work as Service Workers
• 1245 work as General Laborers
• 509 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1854 work as Civil Servants
• 1063 work in Cottage Industries
• 699 work as Artists
• 644 work in Produce Industries

18718 of Sostle Kot Hadfow's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1641 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Sostle Kot Hadfow 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.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of protected Sostle Kot Hadfow's harvest from an army of bandits. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History