Boke Ùmbùn

Boke Ùmbùn (/ʊm/ /bʊn/ [public] [dumb (speechless)]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Màvēvāv Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Ùmbùn has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Boke Ùmbùn receives an average of 142 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Ùmbùn covers an area of nearly 165 km² (66 mi²), and an average elevation of 2674 m (8772 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Ùmbùn was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1098, by Ůch́ik. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Boke Ùmbùn was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow cobblestone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Boke Ùmbùn's would-be-castle fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look around Boke Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

Boke Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn 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 Ùmbùn's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Boke Ùmbùn there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Skin Stitcher near Boke Ùmbùn are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Boke Ùmbùn's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves performance art to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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 Ùmbùn Census Data: Year 2000

14703 of Boke Ùmbùn's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 862 work in Agriculture
• 3305 work as Craftsmen
• 1148 work as Merchants
• 2261 work as Service Workers
• 1491 work as General Laborers
• 605 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2115 work as Civil Servants
• 1319 work in Cottage Industries
• 834 work as Artists
• 763 work in Produce Industries

22318 of Boke Ùmbùn's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1948 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Ùmbùn has access to some sort of functioning ancient infrastructure, whether it's an array of wall-mounted arcane energy projectors, running water, moving roadways, community-wide climate control, or some other inherited luxury. This infrastructure may be the result of a still-functional Working, or it could be the product of some venerable occult engine that's still operational, or it may be the fruit of the labors of some specially-designed organism or Blighted populace.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History