Fìkh Qè Hachy

Fìkh Qè Hachy (/qɤ/ /hac/ [next] [brothel]) is a subtropical Town located in Dèsěl Zone, Qěwhachy District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Fìkh Qè Hachy is derived from the Constructi language, as Fìkh Qè Hachy was founded by Tr-198p 'Bruno' Glëkadonh, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Fìkh Qè Hachy has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Fìkh Qè Hachy receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Fìkh Qè Hachy covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2836 m (9304 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fìkh Qè Hachy was founded durring the early 16th century in fall of the year 1518, by Tr-198p 'Bruno' Glëkadonh. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Fìkh Qè Hachy was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fìkh Qè Hachy is no diffrent. The town'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.

Fìkh Qè Hachy is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of broad packed earth streets which form octogonal 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 town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Fìkh Qè Hachy's robustly designed timber walls are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

Fìkh Qè Hachy has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Fìkh Qè Hachy’s streets. A look around Fìkh Qè Hachy 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 scutteling 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 everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Fìkh Qè Hachy long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Fìkh Qè Hachy 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.

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

Fìkh Qè Hachy 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.

Fìkh Qè Hachy 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.

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

Fìkh Qè Hachy possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Fìkh Qè Hachy has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Fìkh Qè Hachy 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.

Cultural Notes

Fìkh Qè Hachy's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Fìkh Qè Hachy.

The Flea, Giant near Fìkh Qè Hachy are known to be quite timid.

Fìkh Qè Hachy's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves performance art to channel Augury energies of tier 3 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 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.

Fìkh Qè Hachy Census Data: Year 2000

327 of Fìkh Qè Hachy's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 73 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

730 of Fìkh Qè Hachy's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 32 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Fìkh Qè Hachy’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 Fìkh Qè Hachy’s streets.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Oph Yovä Moor was struck by a drought when Lake Issyk grew too small to continue feeding River Dreaded, which reduced the available water supply nationwide, but was especially harsh in the area arround Fìkh Qè Hachy. As the neighboring regions had no water so spare, Fìkh Qè Hachy lost 230 people, and 155 livestock in the disaster.. The drought lasted for 2 weeks, which are remembered as the Loss Thirst.

History