Zëchy Wöchya Vrët

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët (/zɛc/ /ˈwo˞ca/ [awkward] [crew]) is a temperate Town located in the Ëkkuv Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Zëchy Wöchya Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Zëchy Wöchya Vrët was founded by Byoctil Phroniavno, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 7°C (44°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant -10°C (14°F). Zëchy Wöchya Vrët receives an average of 234 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Zëchy Wöchya Vrët covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3816 m (12519 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1309, by Byoctil Phroniavno. The establishment of Zëchy Wöchya Vrët was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Byoctil Phroniavno struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Zëchy Wöchya Vrët as a prison colony.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Zëchy Wöchya Vrët 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.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive baked earthen streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the town's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

A look around Zëchy Wöchya Vrët gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is 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 Zëchy Wöchya Vrët brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Zëchy Wöchya Vrët.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët 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.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët 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.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët 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.

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

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët 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

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Zëchy Wöchya Vrët rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Fogwarden near Zëchy Wöchya Vrët are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 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.

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

326 of Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 72 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 54 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

693 of Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 65 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Zëchy Wöchya Vrët is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

The roads leading into Zëchy Wöchya Vrët possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Zëchy Wöchya Vrët was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Zëchy Wöchya Vrët lost 178 people, 200 livestock, and 35 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 163, when members of Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's militia enacted an operation to locate a particular solgiers group. The operation was complicated by extremely hostile wildlife which took many out of action. The conflict ended with the defense of the strategic location against a siege, which ended in defeat for Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Zëchy Wöchya Vrët's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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