Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf (/ʤə˞ˈxo/ /jirg/ [instant] [lime]) is a temperate Small City located in the Veláïkulk Principality of the Tano.

The name Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf is derived from the Sylvin language, as Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf was founded by Setona, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of -1°C (31°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 20°C (68°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -22°C (-7°F). Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf receives an average of 203 cm/y (79 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 15 km² (6 mi²), and an average elevation of 3126 m (10255 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1156, by Setona. The establishment of Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Setona electing to pay people to resettle in Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow packed earth 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 is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the city's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The top tier civilian fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Right off the bat Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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 Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's parks.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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.

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

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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 Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf 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

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf.

The Soulsliver near Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves reenactments to channel Illusion energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

1273 of Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 70 work in Agriculture
• 286 work as Craftsmen
• 101 work as Merchants
• 196 work as Service Workers
• 131 work as General Laborers
• 49 work as Skilled Laborers
• 184 work as Civil Servants
• 116 work in Cottage Industries
• 69 work as Artists
• 71 work in Produce Industries

2302 of Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 72 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf is surrounded by dangerous terrain: miasmatic swamps, perilous crevasses, radioactive badlands, a pocket of or some other harmful topography. Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf might prefer the defensive potential of the terrain here, or have found a precious resource worth the danger. The terrain might have formed at some time since the founding, with the citizens struggling to make terms with the new danger.

Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

The the a corset of Wild Magic, an a corset imbued with potent amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Veläpá-jirg Xluwuf by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History