Vnötlo Iöv Med (/ˈvno˞tlo/ /jo˞v/ [bitter] [canyon]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Chaun County of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.
The name Vnötlo Iöv Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Vnötlo Iöv Med was founded by Doursutelin Crolnie, who was culturaly Wood Elven.
Climate
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -1°C (31°F). Vnötlo Iöv Med receives an average of 266 cm/y (104 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vnötlo Iöv Med covers an area of nearly 267 km2 (106 mi2), and an average elevation of 2378 m (7801 ft) above sea level.
Overview
Vnötlo Iöv Med was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1341, by Doursutelin Crolnie. The establishment of Vnötlo Iöv Med was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Doursutelin Crolnie struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Vnötlo Iöv Med as a prison colony.
Vnötlo Iöv Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vnötlo Iöv Med is no diffrent. The city'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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med is buildings are built arround a single spacious cobblestone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city 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 city's millitarily questionable fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Vnötlo Iöv Med’s streets.
Civic Infrastructure
Vnötlo Iöv Med possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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 Vnötlo Iöv Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vnötlo Iöv Med's parks.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vnötlo Iöv Med.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Vnötlo Iöv Med's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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. Vnötlo Iöv Med's grid is powered by mana accumulators.
Vnötlo Iöv Med's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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 Vnötlo Iöv Med's natural decorations nor waterways.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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.
Vnötlo Iöv Med 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
Vnötlo Iöv Med's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.
In Vnötlo Iöv Med all of the cats speak in a dead language.
The Mercane near Vnötlo Iöv Med are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.
Vnötlo Iöv Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves bloodletting to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 via divine sermons.
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: 119
Farmers: 209
Farm Laborer: 299
Hunters: 209
Milk Maids: 153
Ranchers: 78
Ranch Hands: 167
Shepherds: 174
Farmland: 253345 m2
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 15716
Poultry: 188595
Swine: 12573
Sheep: 628
Goats: 125
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 6286
Craftsmen
Arms and Toolmakers: 139
Blacksmiths: 146
Bookbinders: 76
Buckle-makers: 83
Cabinetmakers: 149
Candlemakers: 241
Carpenters: 199
Clothmakers: 169
Coach and Harness Makers: 67
Coopers: 157
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 85
Copyists: 62
Cutlers: 53
Fabricworkers: 139
Farrier: 359
Furriers: 41
Glassworkers: 209
Gunsmiths: 127
Harness-Makers: 60
Hatters: 119
Hosiery Workers: 46
Jewelers: 69
Leatherwrights: 165
Locksmiths: 64
Matchstick makers: 92
Musical Instrument Makers: 95
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 82
Paper Workers: 91
Plasterers: 86
Pursemakers: 108
Roofers: 66
Ropemakers: 63
Rugmakers: 61
Saddlers: 106
Scabbardmakers: 129
Scalemakers: 67
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 40
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 61
Shoemakers: 59
Soap and Tallow Workers: 206
Tailors: 359
Tanners: 78
Upholsterers: 92
Watchmakers: 88
Weavers: 184
Whitesmiths: 50
Merchants
Adventuring Goods Retellers: 44
Arcana Sellers: 43
Beer-Sellers: 82
Booksellers: 99
Butchers: 174
Chandlers: 149
Chicken Butchers: 167
Entrepreneurs: 63
Fine Clothiers: 153
Fishmongers: 165
Florists: 38
Potion Sellers: 110
Resellers: 224
Spice Merchants: 82
Wine-sellers: 123
Wheelwright: 101
Woodsellers: 61
Service workers
Bakers: 349
Barbers: 279
Coachmen: 87
Cooks: 232
Doctors: 135
Gamekeepers: 98
Grooms: 55
Hairdressers: 224
Healers: 177
Housekeepers: 196
Housemaids: 349
House Stewards: 179
Inns: 59
Laundry maids: 123
Maidservants: 241
Nursery Maids: 110
Pastrycooks: 202
Restaurateur: 285
Tavern Keepers: 273
Specialized Laborer
Ashworkers: 83
Bleachers: 60
Chemical Workers: 35
Coal Heavers: 133
In-Town Couriers: 142
Long Haul Couriers: 139
Dockyard Workers: 128
Gas Workers: 30
Hay Merchants: 53
Leech Collectors: 182
Millers: 136
Miners: 142
Oilmen and Polishers: 101
Postmen: 142
Pure Finder: 81
Skinners: 202
Sugar Refiners: 36
Tosher: 95
Warehousemen: 209
Watercarriers: 135
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 179
Skilled Laborers
Accountants: 78
Alchemist: 94
Clerk: 118
Dentists: 62
Educators: 177
Engineers: 93
Gardeners: 64
Mages: 46
Plumbers: 65
Pharmacist: 73
Professors: 27
Scientists: 46
Wizards: 27
Civil Servants
Adventurers: 59
Bankers: 90
Civil Clerks: 142
Civic Iudex: 69
Consultants: 40
Exorcist: 157
Fixers: 74
Kami Clerk: 124
Landlords: 127
Lawyers: 75
Legend Keepers: 110
Militia Officers: 571
Monks, Monastic: 179
Monks, Civic: 184
Historian, Oral: 149
Historian, Textual: 75
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 153
Priests: 232
Rangers: 86
Rat Catchers: 94
Scholars: 101
Spiritualist: 110
Slayers: 35
Storytellers: 246
Military Officers: 224
Cottage Industries
Brewers: 174
Comfort Services: 261
Enchanters: 72
Herbalists: 70
Jaminators: 216
Needleworkers: 202
Potters: 110
Preserve Makers: 174
Quilters: 93
Seamsters: 349
Spinners: 169
Tinker: 73
Weaver: 184
Artists
Actors: 67
Architects: 25
Bards: 96
Costumers: 38
Dancers: 73
Drafters: 40
Engravers: 50
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 30
Glaziers: 64
Inlayers: 60
Musicians: 196
Painters, Art: 32
Playwrights: 68
Sculptors, Art: 54
Wood Carvers: 216
Writers: 232
Produce Industries
Butter Churners: 232
Canners: 190
Cheesmakers: 241
Ice Merchants: 28
Millers: 130
Picklers: 110
Smokers: 77
Stockmakers: 69
Tobacconists: 103
Tallowmakers: 149
23843 of Vnötlo Iöv Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.
1289 work in Agriculture
5287 work as Craftsmen
1878 work as Merchants
3653 work as Service Workers
2443 work as General Laborers
970 work as Skilled Laborers
3506 work as Civil Servants
2147 work in Cottage Industries
1341 work as Artists
1329 work in Produce Industries
35879 of Vnötlo Iöv Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3143 (5%) are noncontributers.
Points of Interest
Vnötlo Iöv Med produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.
Vnötlo Iöv Med has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.
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History
In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Vnötlo Iöv Med, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Vnötlo Iöv Med lost 230 people, 315 livestock, and 78 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Horror Rain.