Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ ([root words not on file] [Translation Unavailable]) is a subtropical Metropolis located in Ulî Bàs̺a Kingdom, Sopetjer County, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ is derived from the Gnollish language, as Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ was founded by Shadda vyim Yuvnonreys, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ receives an average of 262 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ covers an area of nearly 181 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 1100 m (3608 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1068, by Shadda vyim Yuvnonreys. The establishment of Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Shadda vyim Yuvnonreys struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ as a prison colony.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ is no diffrent. The metropolis's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of broad streets which form triangular 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 cliffside metropolis has a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, battlments, and even a moat, which are fashioned from stone and timber. Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. The unusual though effective defenses has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A quick look in any direction shows Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this metropolis live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

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

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

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

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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 Metropolis. Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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 Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ 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

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ.

The Guardian, Graven near Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via guttural bellowing.

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 Eyom'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.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ Census Data: Year 2000

1176326 of Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 63979 work in Agriculture
• 268827 work as Craftsmen
• 92602 work as Merchants
• 190588 work as Service Workers
• 117873 work as General Laborers
• 47978 work as Skilled Laborers
• 162177 work as Civil Servants
• 104486 work in Cottage Industries
• 65406 work as Artists
• 62410 work in Produce Industries

1723848 of Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 152640 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ is a major trade hub, connecting several important cities or resource production areas. It’s probably at an important river juncture, ancient crossroads, or occupying the only safe path through some perilous wilderness. Its position may be important enough that it can survive on trade alone, despite being unable to feed itself with the surrounding land. Such hubs are usually heavily garrisoned by the lord who profits from their tariffs and taxes.

Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

The the a suit of Banded mail of Transmutation, an a suit of Banded mail imbued with notable amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Chyûchû Rûyu̽ Mudâ by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History