Boke Cebtèrkèd

Boke Cebtèrkèd (/ˈcebtɛr/ /kɛd/ [answer] [intricate]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Gesiēinsu Region of the Tetburland.

The name Boke Cebtèrkèd is derived from the Sylvin language, as Boke Cebtèrkèd was founded by Idi, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Boke Cebtèrkèd has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Boke Cebtèrkèd receives an average of 278 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Boke Cebtèrkèd covers an area of nearly 165 km² (66 mi²), and an average elevation of 3364 m (11036 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Cebtèrkèd was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1256, by Idi. The establishment of Boke Cebtèrkèd was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Idi electing to pay people to resettle in Boke Cebtèrkèd.

Boke Cebtèrkèd was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Cebtèrkèd is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Boke Cebtèrkèd is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive packed earth streets which form hexical paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Boke Cebtèrkèd's cost-cutting-focused defences 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Boke Cebtèrkèd, 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 Boke Cebtèrkèd.

Civic Infrastructure

Boke Cebtèrkèd possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

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

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

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

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

Boke Cebtèrkèd has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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. Boke Cebtèrkèd's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

Boke Cebtèrkèd has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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 Boke Cebtèrkèd's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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.

Boke Cebtèrkèd 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

Boke Cebtèrkèd's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Boke Cebtèrkèd every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Venomroach near Boke Cebtèrkèd are known to be quite timid.

Boke Cebtèrkèd's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 2 via proclamations.

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.

Boke Cebtèrkèd Census Data: Year 2000

14774 of Boke Cebtèrkèd's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 775 work in Agriculture
• 3476 work as Craftsmen
• 1177 work as Merchants
• 2230 work as Service Workers
• 1524 work as General Laborers
• 600 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2130 work as Civil Servants
• 1238 work in Cottage Industries
• 832 work as Artists
• 792 work in Produce Industries

23679 of Boke Cebtèrkèd's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 784 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Cebtèrkèd is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Boke Cebtèrkèd sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

Boke Cebtèrkèd makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

The the a large bag of Chronomancy, an a large bag imbued with great amounts of Chronomancy energies was created in Boke Cebtèrkèd by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History