Bucking

Bucking (/ˈbʌkɪŋ/ [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Wyvernsea Dutchy, Ziirnea County, within the Kingdom of Helsteria.

The name Bucking is derived from the Sylvin language, as Bucking was founded by Treshê Brëkê Shèbrêth Èqtho Ludlam Horniman Farrimond Thomson Levinson, who was culturaly Sylvin.

Climate

Bucking has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 15°C (59°F). Bucking receives an average of 259 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Bucking covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3904 m (12808 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bucking was founded durring the late 11th century, by Treshê Brëkê Shèbrêth Èqtho Ludlam Horniman Farrimond Thomson Levinson. The establishment of Bucking was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Treshê Brëkê Shèbrêth Èqtho Ludlam Horniman Farrimond Thomson Levinson electing to pay people to resettle in Bucking.

Bucking was built using the conventions of Sylvin durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bucking is no diffrent. The town'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.

Bucking is is constructed arround a series of spacious cobblestone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Astonishigly, the timber-based walls are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Bucking is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This town is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Bucking 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.

Bucking 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.

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

Bucking possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Bucking 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 Bucking's natural decorations nor waterways.

Bucking 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.

Bucking 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.

Bucking 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

Bucking's garrison 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, spring is skipped in Bucking.

The Hidebehind near Bucking are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Bucking's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves square dance to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via chanting.

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.

Bucking Census Data: Year 2000

490 of Bucking's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 30 work in Agriculture
• 107 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 75 work as Service Workers
• 49 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 75 work as Civil Servants
• 47 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

964 of Bucking's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 76 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Some important ruler or leading figure resides in the community. This may be the seat of a regional lord, or it could be the traditional residence of a high priest, great magus, merchant house, or other wielder of influence. The community itself may or may not be under their direct control, but the wishes of the august figure must be acknowledged by the locals.

Bucking has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

The the a lanturn of Abjuration, an a lanturn imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created near Bucking by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History