Dakyec ä Cewkez

Dakyec ä Cewkez (/duːm/ /ə/ [Propername] [ear]) is a subtropical Large City located in Shåvphÿhz Hold, Nar Province, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Dakyec ä Cewkez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Dakyec ä Cewkez was founded by Gä̌sh Ra̋mē 'Fiona Dixon' Béō Mbōb Joidä̂ Perÿdotqug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Dakyec ä Cewkez has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 19°C (66°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Dakyec ä Cewkez receives an average of 241 cm/y (94 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Dakyec ä Cewkez covers an area of nearly 274 km² (109 mi²), and an average elevation of 646 m (2119 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dakyec ä Cewkez was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1460, by Gä̌sh Ra̋mē 'Fiona Dixon' Béō Mbōb Joidä̂ Perÿdotqug. The establishment of Dakyec ä Cewkez was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Gä̌sh Ra̋mē 'Fiona Dixon' Béō Mbōb Joidä̂ Perÿdotqug struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Dakyec ä Cewkez as a prison colony.

Dakyec ä Cewkez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dakyec ä Cewkez is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Dakyec ä Cewkez is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive cobblestone streets which form a diagonal shaped 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 sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Dakyec ä Cewkez's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the city's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. Dakyec ä Cewkez's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall 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 Dakyec ä Cewkez seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. 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. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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.

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

Dakyec ä Cewkez has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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.

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

Dakyec ä Cewkez has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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. Dakyec ä Cewkez's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Dakyec ä Cewkez's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Dakyec ä Cewkez has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Dakyec ä Cewkez has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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 Dakyec ä Cewkez's natural decorations nor waterways.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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.

Dakyec ä Cewkez 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

Dakyec ä Cewkez's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in Dakyec ä Cewkez.

The Plant-Imbued Ape near Dakyec ä Cewkez are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Dakyec ä Cewkez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves line dance to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 via proclamations.

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.

Dakyec ä Cewkez Census Data: Year 2000

24343 of Dakyec ä Cewkez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1381 work in Agriculture
• 5353 work as Craftsmen
• 1940 work as Merchants
• 3761 work as Service Workers
• 2480 work as General Laborers
• 1004 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3566 work as Civil Servants
• 2214 work in Cottage Industries
• 1336 work as Artists
• 1308 work in Produce Industries

36601 of Dakyec ä Cewkez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3889 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

Dakyec ä Cewkez is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

The the a millstone of Abjuration, an a millstone imbued with notable amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Dakyec ä Cewkez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History