Bur Vud Birěkhka

Bur Vud Birěkhka (/bur/ /vud/ [keen] [grandmother]) is a subtropical Town located in Idbodèjĭ Zone, Uh-25vdebaq District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Bur Vud Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Bur Vud Birěkhka was founded by Rg-2i 'PC' Trgadshëm, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Bur Vud Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Bur Vud Birěkhka receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Bur Vud Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4654 m (15269 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bur Vud Birěkhka was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1293, by Rg-2i 'PC' Trgadshëm. The establishment of Bur Vud Birěkhka suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Bur Vud Birěkhka which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Bur Vud Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bur Vud Birěkhka is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Bur Vud Birěkhka is was constructed arround several broad baked earthen mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The town has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. Bur Vud Birěkhka's cost-cutting-focused defences 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.

Right off the bat Bur Vud Birěkhka hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Bur Vud Birěkhka 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.

Bur Vud Birěkhka 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.

Bur Vud Birěkhka 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.

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

Bur Vud Birěkhka has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Bur Vud Birěkhka has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Bur Vud Birěkhka 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.

Bur Vud Birěkhka 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

Bur Vud Birěkhka's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Bur Vud Birěkhka's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is long in Bur Vud Birěkhka.

The Lurker in Light near Bur Vud Birěkhka are known to be quite timid.

Bur Vud Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves ritual combat to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 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.

Bur Vud Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

308 of Bur Vud Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 70 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 49 work as Service Workers
• 30 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 44 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

664 of Bur Vud Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 73 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

The the a map of Transmutation, an a map imbued with notable amounts of Transmutation energies was created near Bur Vud Birěkhka by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History