Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu (/mə˞q/ /mom/ [previous] [idea; concept; theory]) is a temperate Large Town located in the Ghotimunrī̄k Principality of the City-state of Kaigi.

The name Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu is derived from the Gnollish language, as Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu was founded by Vrimszeh vyim Roxlendirdirn, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu has a yearly average temperature of -2°C (29°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 13°C (55°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -18°C (0°F). Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu receives an average of 207 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4188 m (13740 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1164, by Vrimszeh vyim Roxlendirdirn. The establishment of Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Vrimszeh vyim Roxlendirdirn struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu as a prison colony.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu 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.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu is buildings are arranged within a network of narrow cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town 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.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu 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 Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu's parks.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu 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.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu 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.

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

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu 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 Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu 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.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Guardian, Graven near Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via throat 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.

Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu Census Data: Year 2000

504 of Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 111 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 84 work as Service Workers
• 50 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 73 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

1017 of Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 47 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

The the a tome of Augury, an a tome imbued with potent amounts of Augury energies was created in Vágahï-mom Rudnoplu by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History