Boke Sjèvàloy

Boke Sjèvàloy (Sjèvà /loj/ [flu] [challenge]) is a subtropical Large City located in Qàlni̊huy̼ County, Tarnàg Provence, within the Daland.

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

Climate

Boke Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy receives an average of 191 cm/y (75 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Sjèvàloy covers an area of nearly 72 km² (28 mi²), and an average elevation of 3046 m (9993 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Sjèvàloy was founded durring the late 16th century in winter of the year 1463, by Tsëilë. The establishment of Boke Sjèvàloy was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Tsëilë struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Boke Sjèvàloy as a prison colony.

Boke Sjèvàloy was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy is buildings are arranged within a network of narrow cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Boke Sjèvàloy's failry decent fortifications 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.

A look around Boke Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

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

Boke Sjèvàloy has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Boke Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy 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 Sjèvàloy's bank 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.

In Boke Sjèvàloy it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

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

Boke Sjèvàloy's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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 Sjèvàloy Census Data: Year 2000

6501 of Boke Sjèvàloy's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 400 work in Agriculture
• 1429 work as Craftsmen
• 538 work as Merchants
• 971 work as Service Workers
• 656 work as General Laborers
• 260 work as Skilled Laborers
• 994 work as Civil Servants
• 550 work in Cottage Industries
• 361 work as Artists
• 342 work in Produce Industries

9352 of Boke Sjèvàloy's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1193 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Sjèvàloy is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with good fortune for a year and a day. One of Boke Sjèvàloy's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History