Agtàr Se

Agtàr Se (/ag/ /tər/ [company] [sore]) is a temperate Town located in the Quiegsan Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Agtàr Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Agtàr Se was founded by Harroud vyim Glə˞tunk Owens, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Agtàr Se has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°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 24°C (75°F). Agtàr Se receives an average of 191 cm/y (75 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Agtàr Se covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5312 m (17427 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Agtàr Se was founded durring the late 16th century in winter of the year 1463, by Harroud vyim Glə˞tunk Owens. The establishment of Agtàr Se was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Agtàr Se's construction back out of the project. Harroud vyim Glə˞tunk Owens pushed on reguardles, and Agtàr Se was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Agtàr Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Agtàr Se is no diffrent. The town'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.

Agtàr Se is buildings folow an organic layout of premissive carved bedrock streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Agtàr Se weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The town's budget focused millitary grade defenses 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.

A look around Agtàr Se is like looking into a university’s plaza on the day before an exam. People rush about to-and-fro. Discarded scrolls and quills are dotted around town. In spite of many locals discussing academic topics, there’s little sign of any organized groups for any of that talk. Infact, the town seems disordered in general with everything scattered helter skelter about.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Agtàr Se 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 Agtàr Se. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Agtàr Se's parks.

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

Agtàr Se 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.

Agtàr Se 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.

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

Agtàr Se 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 Town. Agtàr Se's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Agtàr Se possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Agtàr Se 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 Agtàr Se's natural decorations nor waterways.

Agtàr Se 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

Life is hard in Agtàr Se. Its people are impoverished compared to their peers elsewhere. Something is making the locals stay, however, whether fear of the alternative, hope for a better future, or a stubborn attachment to their ancestral lands. Whatver the reason, living in this harsh area for generations has made the people of Agtàr Se a notably resourceful and hearty people.

Agtàr Se's bank 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 Agtàr Se rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Ramidreju near Agtàr Se are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Agtàr Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Abjuration energies of tier 2 via throat chanting.

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.

Agtàr Se Census Data: Year 2000

398 of Agtàr Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 88 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 39 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

836 of Agtàr Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 64 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Agtàr Se 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 the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Agtàr Se's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History