Zě Qb-530s Yoq

Zě Qb-530s Yoq (/ˈrɪvə/ /joq/ [Propername] [corpse]) is a subtropical Large City located in Digun Dibri Zone, Zk-465w Governorate, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Zě Qb-530s Yoq is derived from the Constructi language, as Zě Qb-530s Yoq was founded by Ermp̪f̄ Nībó̄r 'Tigned Cutie' Vúoībō Ya̋mé Mboīnḱ Êbrg̈gfë, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Zě Qb-530s Yoq receives an average of 217 cm/y (85 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Zě Qb-530s Yoq covers an area of nearly 273 km² (109 mi²), and an average elevation of 2542 m (8339 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Zě Qb-530s Yoq was founded durring the early 11th century, by Ermp̪f̄ Nībó̄r 'Tigned Cutie' Vúoībō Ya̋mé Mboīnḱ Êbrg̈gfë. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious baked earthen streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Zě Qb-530s Yoq, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The Relic of the World That Was have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Zě Qb-530s Yoq, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its god. More than it loves wealth. The city is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in Zě Qb-530s Yoq.

Civic Infrastructure

Zě Qb-530s Yoq possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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 Zě Qb-530s Yoq. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Zě Qb-530s Yoq's parks.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Zě Qb-530s Yoq.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Zě Qb-530s Yoq's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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. Zě Qb-530s Yoq's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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 Zě Qb-530s Yoq's natural decorations nor waterways.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq 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

Zě Qb-530s Yoq's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Zě Qb-530s Yoq tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Assassin Bug, Giant near Zě Qb-530s Yoq are known to be quite timid.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Truename Magic 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.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq Census Data: Year 2000

24924 of Zě Qb-530s Yoq's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1500 work in Agriculture
• 5515 work as Craftsmen
• 1963 work as Merchants
• 3804 work as Service Workers
• 2549 work as General Laborers
• 1040 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3625 work as Civil Servants
• 2219 work in Cottage Industries
• 1355 work as Artists
• 1354 work in Produce Industries

35233 of Zě Qb-530s Yoq's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 5231 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Zě Qb-530s Yoq produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Zě Qb-530s Yoq is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of protected Zě Qb-530s Yoq's harvest from an army of bandits. One of Zě Qb-530s Yoq's festivals remembers the hero.

History