Vog Qÿbn Ckez

Vog Qÿbn Ckez (/vog/ /qibn/ [round] [militia]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Luābe County, Qånehgdab Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Vog Qÿbn Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Vog Qÿbn Ckez was founded by Myfanwy Raycztrÿke, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Vog Qÿbn Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Vog Qÿbn Ckez receives an average of 285 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Vog Qÿbn Ckez covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1380 m (4527 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vog Qÿbn Ckez was founded durring the early 12th century in summer of the year 1137, by Myfanwy Raycztrÿke. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vog Qÿbn Ckez is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez is buildings are built arround a single narrow packed earth mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The town's robustly designed timber walls are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Vog Qÿbn Ckez ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The locals seem to have responded to their slow downfall by recreating Vog Qÿbn Ckez as one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which the town brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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 Vog Qÿbn Ckez. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vog Qÿbn Ckez's parks.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vog Qÿbn Ckez.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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.

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

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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 Town. Vog Qÿbn Ckez's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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 Vog Qÿbn Ckez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez 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

Vog Qÿbn Ckez'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 Vog Qÿbn Ckez hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Pudding, Blood near Vog Qÿbn Ckez are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via moments of science.

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.

Vog Qÿbn Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

524 of Vog Qÿbn Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 119 work as Craftsmen
• 43 work as Merchants
• 85 work as Service Workers
• 54 work as General Laborers
• 20 work as Skilled Laborers
• 73 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 26 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

1028 of Vog Qÿbn Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 81 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vog Qÿbn Ckez makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

The the a suit of Kasten-brust armour of Elven High Magic, an a suit of Kasten-brust armour imbued with great amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created in Vog Qÿbn Ckez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History