Boke Sàdlan

Boke Sàdlan (/səd/ /lan/ [hat] [polite]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Kveviēid Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Sàdlan has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Boke Sàdlan receives an average of 141 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Sàdlan covers an area of nearly 242 km² (96 mi²), and an average elevation of 6128 m (20104 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Sàdlan was founded durring the early 12th century in fall of the year 1113, by Dukdriginn. The establishment of Boke Sàdlan was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Dukdriginn electing to pay people to resettle in Boke Sàdlan.

Boke Sàdlan was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Sàdlan is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Boke Sàdlan is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious 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 is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Boke Sàdlan, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The Relic of the World That Was 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 Sàdlan 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. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Boke Sàdlan suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Boke Sàdlan long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Sàdlan 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 Sàdlan 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 Sàdlan's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Sàdlan 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 Sàdlan 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 Sàdlan 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 Sàdlan 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

While Boke Sàdlan has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Boke Sàdlan's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Boke Sàdlan all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

The Festrog near Boke Sàdlan are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Boke Sàdlan's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Chronomancy 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 Sàdlan Census Data: Year 2000

22204 of Boke Sàdlan's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1174 work in Agriculture
• 4988 work as Craftsmen
• 1796 work as Merchants
• 3382 work as Service Workers
• 2271 work as General Laborers
• 879 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3257 work as Civil Servants
• 1992 work in Cottage Industries
• 1276 work as Artists
• 1189 work in Produce Industries

32041 of Boke Sàdlan's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3462 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

The the a pair of pants of Augury, an a pair of pants imbued with great amounts of Augury energies was created near Boke Rāsdizèmbù by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History