Yë Këzō Qo̠

Yë Këzō Qo̠ (/jɛ/ /ˈkɛzoː/ [new; recent; fresh] [center; core; nucleus]) is a subtropical Large City located in Ii̽chyril Zone, Clartazinlean Barony, within the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Yë Këzō Qo̠ is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Yë Këzō Qo̠ was founded by Brandwen Ghosegrael Phomageet, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Yë Këzō Qo̠ receives an average of 202 cm/y (79 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Yë Këzō Qo̠ covers an area of nearly 425 km² (170 mi²), and an average elevation of 1870 m (6135 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Yë Këzō Qo̠ was founded durring the late 17th century in early spring of the year 1580, by Brandwen Ghosegrael Phomageet. The establishment of Yë Këzō Qo̠ was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Brandwen Ghosegrael Phomageet electing to pay people to resettle in Yë Këzō Qo̠.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Yë Këzō Qo̠ is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ is is constructed arround a semi-circular premissive baked earthen mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is in posession of a finaly crafted dwarvern style fortified fighting wall, completer with lower, middle, and upper battlments for use in sloped-fire defence stratagies, murder holes, and statues which may or may not be constructs, and, of course, MERTICULATIONSshortsizename is one of the wealthiest and politicaly connected settlments in the world.. Yë Këzō Qo̠'s Ragnarock-era relics has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look around Yë Këzō Qo̠ has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Yë Këzō Qo̠ suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Yë Këzō Qo̠ long.

Civic Infrastructure

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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 Yë Këzō Qo̠. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Yë Këzō Qo̠'s parks.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Yë Këzō Qo̠.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

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

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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. Yë Këzō Qo̠'s grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Yë Këzō Qo̠'s old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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 Yë Këzō Qo̠'s natural decorations nor waterways.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ 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

Yë Këzō Qo̠'s town hall 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 Yë Këzō Qo̠ there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Bumblebee, Giant Queen near Yë Këzō Qo̠ are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Yë Këzō Qo̠'s citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 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.

Yë Këzō Qo̠ Census Data: Year 2000

38425 of Yë Këzō Qo̠'s population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2073 work in Agriculture
• 8905 work as Craftsmen
• 3115 work as Merchants
• 5684 work as Service Workers
• 3914 work as General Laborers
• 1568 work as Skilled Laborers
• 5738 work as Civil Servants
• 3251 work in Cottage Industries
• 2114 work as Artists
• 2063 work in Produce Industries

58591 of Yë Këzō Qo̠'s population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 4042 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Yë Këzō Qo̠ is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Yë Këzō Qo̠ was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Yë Këzō Qo̠. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Yë Këzō Qo̠ lost 198 people, 394 livestock, and 81 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 195, when members of Yë Këzō Qo̠'s militia enacted an operation to assassinate an enemy noble. The operation was complicated by the army being put into a position where they could only choose between two terrible options. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Yë Këzō Qo̠'s forces. The war is remembered in legend by Yë Këzō Qo̠'s bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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