Vral-lyëkdu Ner

Vral-lyëkdu Ner (/vral/ /ˈljɛkdu/ [weapon] [atmosphere]) is a subtropical Town located in the Nogrehie̜w Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Vral-lyëkdu Ner is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Vral-lyëkdu Ner was founded by Dyeg̈mênm Dordud, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Vral-lyëkdu Ner has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -2°C (29°F). Vral-lyëkdu Ner receives an average of 156 cm/y (61 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vral-lyëkdu Ner covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2430 m (7972 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vral-lyëkdu Ner was founded durring the early 15th century in winter of the year 1410, by Dyeg̈mênm Dordud. The establishment of Vral-lyëkdu Ner suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Vral-lyëkdu Ner which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vral-lyëkdu Ner is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner is buildings are arranged arround a single restrictive worn bedrock mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Astonishigly, the minimaly adiquite are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner 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

Vral-lyëkdu Ner has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vral-lyëkdu Ner.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner 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.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner 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.

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

Vral-lyëkdu Ner has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner 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.

Cultural Notes

Vral-lyëkdu Ner's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

In Vral-lyëkdu Ner the stars are always right.

The Gluttongrass near Vral-lyëkdu Ner are known to be quite timid.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves drinking to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 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.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner Census Data: Year 2000

323 of Vral-lyëkdu Ner's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 72 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 52 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 48 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

668 of Vral-lyëkdu Ner's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 74 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Vral-lyëkdu Ner is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Vral-lyëkdu Ner 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 the Kami spared the town from an attack. One of Vral-lyëkdu Ner's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History