Boke Kàshfaù

Boke Kàshfaù (/kəʃ/ /ˈfaʊ/ [text] [bloody]) is a temperate Large City located in Ti̊hufíh County, Tarnàg Provence, within the Daland.

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

Climate

Boke Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù receives an average of 206 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Kàshfaù covers an area of nearly 58 km² (23 mi²), and an average elevation of 2270 m (7447 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Kàshfaù was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1193, by Gwoneth. The establishment of Boke Kàshfaù suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Boke Kàshfaù which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Boke Kàshfaù was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive paverstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city'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 city. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The brittle defences have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Boke Kàshfaù has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. 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. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Boke Kàshfaù long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Boke Kàshfaù 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.

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

Boke Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù 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 Kàshfaù's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Boke Kàshfaù.

The Sandman near Boke Kàshfaù are known to be quite timid.

Boke Kàshfaù's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves performance art to channel Illusion energies of tier 1 via recitation of scripture.

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 Kàshfaù Census Data: Year 2000

5206 of Boke Kàshfaù's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 276 work in Agriculture
• 1156 work as Craftsmen
• 423 work as Merchants
• 808 work as Service Workers
• 541 work as General Laborers
• 212 work as Skilled Laborers
• 786 work as Civil Servants
• 450 work in Cottage Industries
• 283 work as Artists
• 271 work in Produce Industries

7708 of Boke Kàshfaù's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 972 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Kàshfaù is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

POI

History

A local has came up with a wonderful new idea 1 months ago; it may be a magical innovation, a new industrial process, a new agricultural product, a new use for what was thought to be ancient garbage, or some other very useful, profitable idea. Everyone around them is fighting for the chance to exploit this clever new plan.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Boke Kàshfaù was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Boke Kàshfaù. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Boke Kàshfaù lost 177 people, 191 livestock, and 90 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 169, when members of Boke Kàshfaù's militia enacted an operation to train a group of civilians for a special clandestine operation. The operation was complicated by extremely dangerous terrain, including unfamiliar and poisonous plants which many ate while foraging. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in defeat for Boke Kàshfaù's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Boke Kàshfaù's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History