Boke Goníhp

Boke Goníhp (/gon/ /ɪ̞p/ [closure] [high; loud; noisy; tall]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Aldäbn Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Goníhp has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Boke Goníhp receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Boke Goníhp covers an area of nearly 58 km² (23 mi²), and an average elevation of 4354 m (14284 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Goníhp was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1266, by Acicapra. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Boke Goníhp was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Goníhp 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.

Boke Goníhp is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of spacious flagstone streets which form octogonal 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 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. Boke Goníhp's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the city's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. Boke Goníhp'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 city as needed.

Looking around Boke Goníhp you immediately realise that the locals are looking back at you. All of them. Everywhere you look somone is staring back at you analytically, looking over every inch of you, your gear, and your companions. As you get close to people, their hands move closer to their belt knife, or dagger. You may want to watch where you go and what you say...

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Goníhp has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

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

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

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

Boke Goníhp has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Boke Goníhp 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 Goníhp's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Goníhp 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 Goníhp 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 Goníhp 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.

Cultural Notes

Boke Goníhp's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Boke Goníhp.

The Ifrit near Boke Goníhp are known to be quite timid.

Boke Goníhp's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves orgies to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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 Goníhp Census Data: Year 2000

5208 of Boke Goníhp's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 303 work in Agriculture
• 1158 work as Craftsmen
• 423 work as Merchants
• 799 work as Service Workers
• 525 work as General Laborers
• 212 work as Skilled Laborers
• 772 work as Civil Servants
• 455 work in Cottage Industries
• 291 work as Artists
• 270 work in Produce Industries

7713 of Boke Goníhp's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 972 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

Boke Goníhp's residents established a new industry 4 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Boke Goníhp was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Boke Goníhp. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Boke Goníhp lost 221 people, 266 livestock, and 57 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 223, when members of Boke Goníhp's militia enacted an operation to transport a specific war supplies to a particular fortification unharmed. The operation was complicated by torrential rains which turned the ground into deep mud. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in defeat for Boke Goníhp's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Boke Goníhp's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History