Boke Kowbedbù

Boke Kowbedbù (/kow/ /ˈbedbʊ/ [pest; bully] [brief]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Kveviēid Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Kowbedbù has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Boke Kowbedbù receives an average of 151 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Boke Kowbedbù covers an area of nearly 77 km² (30 mi²), and an average elevation of 3882 m (12736 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Kowbedbù was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1262, by Aripius. The establishment of Boke Kowbedbù was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Aripius struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Boke Kowbedbù as a prison colony.

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

Boke Kowbedbù is buildings are located arround a single premissive cobblestone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The exceptionaly well made fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Boke Kowbedbù 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 Kowbedbù long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Kowbedbù has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Boke Kowbedbù 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 Kowbedbù's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

Boke Kowbedbù 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 Kowbedbù 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 Kowbedbù's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Kowbedbù 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 Kowbedbù 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 Kowbedbù 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 Kowbedbù 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Boke Kowbedbù's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

In Boke Kowbedbù there are no smells.

The Domovoi near Boke Kowbedbù are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Boke Kowbedbù's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves ritual combat to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 3 via speaking in tongues.

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 Kowbedbù Census Data: Year 2000

6891 of Boke Kowbedbù's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 380 work in Agriculture
• 1553 work as Craftsmen
• 558 work as Merchants
• 1028 work as Service Workers
• 716 work as General Laborers
• 280 work as Skilled Laborers
• 986 work as Civil Servants
• 628 work in Cottage Industries
• 379 work as Artists
• 383 work in Produce Industries

10831 of Boke Kowbedbù's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 738 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

The the an orb of Conjuration, an an orb imbued with great amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Boke Kowbedbù by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History