Boke Màvēoci̊s

Boke Màvēoci̊s (Màvēo /ci̘s/ [vagina] [earth]) is a subtropical Small City located in the Kveviēid Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Màvēoci̊s has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Boke Màvēoci̊s receives an average of 204 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Boke Màvēoci̊s covers an area of nearly 16 km² (6 mi²), and an average elevation of 5210 m (17093 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Màvēoci̊s was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1336, by Caurus. The establishment of Boke Màvēoci̊s was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Caurus electing to pay people to resettle in Boke Màvēoci̊s.

Boke Màvēoci̊s was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Màvēoci̊s 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 Màvēoci̊s is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious baked earthen 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specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment.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. Boke Màvēoci̊s's brittle defences are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

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

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

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

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

Boke Màvēoci̊s 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 Small City. Boke Màvēoci̊s's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Boke Màvēoci̊s 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 Màvēoci̊s's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Màvēoci̊s 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 Màvēoci̊s 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 Màvēoci̊s 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 Màvēoci̊s's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Boke Màvēoci̊s.

The Leshy, Leaf near Boke Màvēoci̊s are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Boke Màvēoci̊s's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves bloodletting to channel Conjuration energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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 Màvēoci̊s Census Data: Year 2000

1385 of Boke Màvēoci̊s's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 75 work in Agriculture
• 310 work as Craftsmen
• 109 work as Merchants
• 221 work as Service Workers
• 143 work as General Laborers
• 53 work as Skilled Laborers
• 197 work as Civil Servants
• 125 work in Cottage Industries
• 77 work as Artists
• 75 work in Produce Industries

2191 of Boke Màvēoci̊s's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 269 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

POI

History

A local has came up with a wonderful new idea 2 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 late 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Boke Màvēoci̊s, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Boke Màvēoci̊s lost 191 people, 140 livestock, and 91 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Mourning Rain.

History