Large City: Tsë Gdöba Hadfow

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow
Example Wood Elf architecture.
StateRosid
ProvenceSamezi Moot
RegionKûya Laru̽ Steppe
Founded841
Community LeaderLord Kherzel
Area133 km2 (53 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp18°C (64°F)
Average Elevation5174 m (16975 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation76 cm/y (29 in/y)
Population31300
Population Density235 people per km2 (590 people per mi2)
Town AuraCharm
Naming
Native nameTsë Gdöba Hadfow
Pronunciation/tsɛ/ /ˈgdo˞ba/
Direct Translation[tan] [lace]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow (/tsɛ/ /ˈgdo˞ba/ [tan] [lace]) is a temperate Large City located in the Samezi Moot of the Rosid.

The name Tsë Gdöba Hadfow is derived from the Sylvin language, as Tsë Gdöba Hadfow was founded by Sheg̈nhepí, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Tsë Gdöba Hadfow receives an average of 76 cm/y (29 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Tsë Gdöba Hadfow covers an area of nearly 133 km2 (53 mi2), and an average elevation of 5174 m (16975 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow was founded durring the early 10th century, by Sheg̈nhepí. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive baked earthen 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 the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. Astonishigly, the perhapse unnessisarily well built defences are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Tsë Gdöba Hadfow gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Tsë Gdöba Hadfow can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Tsë Gdöba Hadfow places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

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

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Tsë Gdöba 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. Tsë Gdöba Hadfow's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

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

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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 Tsë Gdöba Hadfow's natural decorations nor waterways.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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.

Tsë Gdöba 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

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow's locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Tsë Gdöba Hadfow.

The Siren near Tsë Gdöba Hadfow are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 61
  • Farmers: 97
  • Farm Laborer: 156
  • Hunters: 115
  • Milk Maids: 76
  • Ranchers: 38
  • Ranch Hands: 81
  • Shepherds: 80
    • Farmland: 127391 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 7825
    • Poultry: 93900
    • Swine: 6260
    • Sheep: 313
    • Goats: 62
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 3130

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 69
  • Blacksmiths: 66
  • Bookbinders: 39
  • Buckle-makers: 41
  • Cabinetmakers: 71
  • Candlemakers: 104
  • Carpenters: 93
  • Clothmakers: 89
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 32
  • Coopers: 78
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 44
  • Copyists: 30
  • Cutlers: 26
  • Fabricworkers: 69
  • Farrier: 215
  • Furriers: 20
  • Glassworkers: 107
  • Gunsmiths: 71
  • Harness-Makers: 30
  • Hatters: 56
  • Hosiery Workers: 22
  • Jewelers: 34
  • Leatherwrights: 76
  • Locksmiths: 31
  • Matchstick makers: 46
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 46
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 40
  • Paper Workers: 45
  • Plasterers: 44
  • Pursemakers: 51
  • Roofers: 34
  • Ropemakers: 30
  • Rugmakers: 30
  • Saddlers: 61
  • Scabbardmakers: 61
  • Scalemakers: 32
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 20
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 29
  • Shoemakers: 30
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 96
  • Tailors: 178
  • Tanners: 38
  • Upholsterers: 42
  • Watchmakers: 41
  • Weavers: 100
  • Whitesmiths: 24

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 21
  • Arcana Sellers: 21
  • Beer-Sellers: 41
  • Booksellers: 47
  • Butchers: 74
  • Chandlers: 80
  • Chicken Butchers: 81
  • Entrepreneurs: 32
  • Fine Clothiers: 76
  • Fishmongers: 80
  • Florists: 19
  • Potion Sellers: 50
  • Resellers: 142
  • Spice Merchants: 41
  • Wine-sellers: 62
  • Wheelwright: 52
  • Woodsellers: 30

Service workers

  • Bakers: 173
  • Barbers: 139
  • Coachmen: 42
  • Cooks: 136
  • Doctors: 68
  • Gamekeepers: 49
  • Grooms: 27
  • Hairdressers: 100
  • Healers: 83
  • Housekeepers: 92
  • Housemaids: 142
  • House Stewards: 89
  • Inns: 29
  • Laundry maids: 56
  • Maidservants: 100
  • Nursery Maids: 57
  • Pastrycooks: 115
  • Restaurateur: 130
  • Tavern Keepers: 149

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 43
  • Bleachers: 28
  • Chemical Workers: 17
  • Coal Heavers: 68
  • In-Town Couriers: 66
  • Long Haul Couriers: 69
  • Dockyard Workers: 62
  • Gas Workers: 15
  • Hay Merchants: 26
  • Leech Collectors: 81
  • Millers: 74
  • Miners: 72
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 48
  • Postmen: 66
  • Pure Finder: 38
  • Skinners: 86
  • Sugar Refiners: 18
  • Tosher: 47
  • Warehousemen: 120
  • Watercarriers: 67
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 97

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 40
  • Alchemist: 45
  • Clerk: 61
  • Dentists: 31
  • Educators: 90
  • Engineers: 44
  • Gardeners: 30
  • Mages: 24
  • Plumbers: 32
  • Pharmacist: 36
  • Professors: 13
  • Scientists: 22
  • Wizards: 13

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 30
  • Bankers: 43
  • Civil Clerks: 76
  • Civic Iudex: 36
  • Consultants: 20
  • Exorcist: 74
  • Fixers: 35
  • Kami Clerk: 67
  • Landlords: 60
  • Lawyers: 37
  • Legend Keepers: 49
  • Militia Officers: 313
  • Monks, Monastic: 97
  • Monks, Civic: 111
  • Historian, Oral: 65
  • Historian, Textual: 36
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 68
  • Priests: 111
  • Rangers: 42
  • Rat Catchers: 46
  • Scholars: 51
  • Spiritualist: 60
  • Slayers: 17
  • Storytellers: 133
  • Military Officers: 100

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 94
  • Comfort Services: 125
  • Enchanters: 33
  • Herbalists: 36
  • Jaminators: 111
  • Needleworkers: 100
  • Potters: 51
  • Preserve Makers: 82
  • Quilters: 45
  • Seamsters: 149
  • Spinners: 89
  • Tinker: 35
  • Weaver: 76

Artists

  • Actors: 32
  • Architects: 12
  • Bards: 49
  • Costumers: 19
  • Dancers: 39
  • Drafters: 20
  • Engravers: 25
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 15
  • Glaziers: 33
  • Inlayers: 30
  • Musicians: 86
  • Painters, Art: 16
  • Playwrights: 34
  • Sculptors, Art: 28
  • Wood Carvers: 104
  • Writers: 111

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 115
  • Canners: 97
  • Cheesmakers: 111
  • Ice Merchants: 14
  • Millers: 66
  • Picklers: 52
  • Smokers: 38
  • Stockmakers: 35
  • Tobacconists: 47
  • Tallowmakers: 63

11782 of Tsë Gdöba Hadfow's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

17640 of Tsë Gdöba Hadfow's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1878 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Tsë Gdöba Hadfow is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

The the a bedroll of Conjuration, an a bedroll imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created near Tsë Gdöba Hadfow by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History