Boke Sovbifhèlníh

Boke Sovbifhèlníh (/ˈsovbif/ /ˈhɛlnɪ̞/ [dish; plate; tray; disk; platter] [noble]) is a subtropical Large City located in Sjevāiēùmbo County, Tafogin Provence, within the Daland.

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

Climate

Boke Sovbifhèlníh has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Boke Sovbifhèlníh receives an average of 136 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Sovbifhèlníh covers an area of nearly 113 km² (45 mi²), and an average elevation of 8502 m (-15055 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Sovbifhèlníh was founded durring the late 10th century, by Zigna. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Boke Sovbifhèlníh was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Sovbifhèlníh is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Boke Sovbifhèlníh is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive split-log ties streets which form hexical paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Boke Sovbifhèlníh's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the city's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. Boke Sovbifhèlníh's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall 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.

Your first impression of Boke Sovbifhèlníh proves to be right on the money. This city is where the rebels chose to settle. Fashion trends are quite simply the opposite of what’s popular in the other nearby communities. THis trend extends everywhere. Things that should be black are white, what would normally be square is organically curved, and what is typically unthinkable for polite society is more than welcome in this public square. Up to the logical limits, of course. There’s no flaying someone alive to eat their skin going on, but the women are dressed a little immodestly, the men are a little more emotional, and the food is all overly complex and terrible.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Sovbifhèlníh has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

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

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

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

Boke Sovbifhèlníh 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 Sovbifhèlníh 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 Sovbifhèlníh's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Sovbifhèlníh 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 Sovbifhèlníh 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 Sovbifhèlníh 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 Sovbifhèlníh'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..

In Boke Sovbifhèlníh leaves and flower petals never touch the ground.

The Beetle, Giant Stag near Boke Sovbifhèlníh are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Boke Sovbifhèlníh's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves reenactments to channel Mysticism energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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 Sovbifhèlníh Census Data: Year 2000

10165 of Boke Sovbifhèlníh's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 548 work in Agriculture
• 2242 work as Craftsmen
• 831 work as Merchants
• 1555 work as Service Workers
• 1042 work as General Laborers
• 428 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1502 work as Civil Servants
• 940 work in Cottage Industries
• 540 work as Artists
• 537 work in Produce Industries

16018 of Boke Sovbifhèlníh's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 809 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Sovbifhèlníh produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Due to a magical anomaly, Boke Sovbifhèlníh is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Boke Sovbifhèlníh was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Boke Sovbifhèlníh. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Boke Sovbifhèlníh lost 208 people, 291 livestock, and 93 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 197, when members of Boke Sovbifhèlníh's militia enacted an operation to destroy a particular enemy war supplies. The operation was complicated by the enemy forces had far more numbers than estimated. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Boke Sovbifhèlníh's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Boke Sovbifhèlníh's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History