Ftshqàgà Gíhm

Ftshqàgà Gíhm (Ftsh /ˈqəgə/ [neighbor] [burger]) is a subtropical City located in Shkshqi̊sh County, Ftiríhwèsag Provence, within the Daland.

The name Ftshqàgà Gíhm is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ftshqàgà Gíhm was founded by Trîm, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Ftshqàgà Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Ftshqàgà Gíhm receives an average of 140 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ftshqàgà Gíhm covers an area of nearly 33 km² (13 mi²), and an average elevation of 4586 m (15045 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ftshqàgà Gíhm was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1346, by Trîm. The establishment of Ftshqàgà Gíhm suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ftshqàgà Gíhm is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm is buildings are speckled and packed arround crampt gravel streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Ftshqàgà Gíhm's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. Unfortuantly, these budget oriented are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Ftshqàgà Gíhm gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Ftshqàgà Gíhm brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

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

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

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

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

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

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

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

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

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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 City. Ftshqàgà Gíhm's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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 Ftshqàgà Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm 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

Ftshqàgà Gíhm's bank 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.

In Ftshqàgà Gíhm hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Xtabay near Ftshqàgà Gíhm are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves bloodletting to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via throat 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.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

2982 of Ftshqàgà Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 165 work in Agriculture
• 655 work as Craftsmen
• 233 work as Merchants
• 442 work as Service Workers
• 305 work as General Laborers
• 118 work as Skilled Laborers
• 479 work as Civil Servants
• 270 work in Cottage Industries
• 161 work as Artists
• 154 work in Produce Industries

4496 of Ftshqàgà Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 477 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ftshqàgà Gíhm is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

Ftshqàgà Gíhm is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Ftshqàgà Gíhm's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History