Bûha Guha Gûchya

Bûha Guha Gûchya (/ci/ /ˈguha/ [canned (food)] [crowd]) is a temperate Large City located in Mærâku̽ Hûhæhæ Kingdom, Vu̹chi Bu̽su Empire, within the Warren.

The name Bûha Guha Gûchya is derived from the Sylvin language, as Bûha Guha Gûchya was founded by Holly, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Bûha Guha Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 9°C (48°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Bûha Guha Gûchya receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Bûha Guha Gûchya covers an area of nearly 132 km² (52 mi²), and an average elevation of 1030 m (3379 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bûha Guha Gûchya was founded durring the early 14th century in winter of the year 1333, by Holly. The establishment of Bûha Guha Gûchya was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Holly electing to pay people to resettle in Bûha Guha Gûchya.

Bûha Guha Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt flagstone streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Bûha Guha Gûchya weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Bûha Guha Gûchya's budget focused millitary grade defenses 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.

A look around Bûha Guha Gûchya 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. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine which makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Bûha Guha Gûchya long.

Civic Infrastructure

Bûha Guha Gûchya possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Bûha Guha Gûchya has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

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

Bûha Guha Gûchya has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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. Bûha Guha Gûchya's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

Bûha Guha Gûchya has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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 Bûha Guha Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya 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

Bûha Guha Gûchya's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Bûha Guha Gûchya birds speak prophesy.

The Death Butterfly Swarm near Bûha Guha Gûchya are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Bûha Guha Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Bûha Guha Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

11510 of Bûha Guha Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 625 work in Agriculture
• 2577 work as Craftsmen
• 938 work as Merchants
• 1789 work as Service Workers
• 1190 work as General Laborers
• 483 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1603 work as Civil Servants
• 1021 work in Cottage Industries
• 639 work as Artists
• 645 work in Produce Industries

17597 of Bûha Guha Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2190 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Bûha Guha Gûchya’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Bûha Guha Gûchya’s streets.

Bûha Guha Gûchya's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Bûha Guha Gûchya was struck by unseasonably warm weather, causing a sweltering heat to smouther the land for 14 days. Bûha Guha Gûchya lost 220 people and 184 livestock in the disaster.. The deadly heat is remembered by most as the Hate's Flame.

History