Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu (/viwʤ/ /ə˞jj/ [gross] [man; husband; boyfriend]) is a temperate Town located in the Temryont Principality of the City-state of Soheque.

The name Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu is derived from the Gnollish language, as Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu was founded by Jonathan vyim Roxlendyutsɪxt, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu has a yearly average temperature of -3°C (27°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -31°C (-23°F). Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu receives an average of 230 cm/y (90 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2846 m (9337 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu was founded durring the late 12th century in spring of the year 1092, by Jonathan vyim Roxlendyutsɪxt. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu is no diffrent. The town'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.

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of spacious cobblestone streets which form hexical 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 town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable 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.

A look around Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Viwj-áyé 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.

Viwj-áyé 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.

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

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Viwj-áyé 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.

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Blood Hawk near Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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.

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu Census Data: Year 2000

411 of Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 88 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 70 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

863 of Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 25 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu is remarkably well-fortified for a site of its size and role. Tall, stout walls, strong points inside the community, concentric defenses, a strategic terrain location, or a large body of standing troops might be present. Some threat is thought to exist that makes maintaining this fortification worthwhile, though it may come at a dear cost to the locals. The community’s suzerain may be uncomfortable with these defenses, as they could just as easily be used to defy the ruler.

Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu 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 early 2nd century a local hero by the name of killed a tyrannical who had controlled Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu for years. Viwj-áyé Rudnoplu's militia's elite squad is named after .

History