Fìkh Sæn Vachy

Fìkh Sæn Vachy (/sæn/ /vac/ [ambiguous] [combat]) is a subtropical Town located in the Jĭǐkhěn District of the Federation of Alveria.

The name Fìkh Sæn Vachy is derived from the Constructi language, as Fìkh Sæn Vachy was founded by Annis Tresî, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Fìkh Sæn Vachy has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Fìkh Sæn Vachy receives an average of 221 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Fìkh Sæn Vachy covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2240 m (7349 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fìkh Sæn Vachy was founded durring the early 11th century, by Annis Tresî. The establishment of Fìkh Sæn Vachy was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Annis Tresî struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Fìkh Sæn Vachy as a prison colony.

Fìkh Sæn Vachy was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fìkh Sæn Vachy is no diffrent. The town'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.

Fìkh Sæn Vachy is is constructed arround a series of premissive cobblestone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The town's robustly designed timber walls are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Fìkh Sæn Vachy 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. A second look around Fìkh Sæn Vachy makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Fìkh Sæn Vachy 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

While Fìkh Sæn Vachy has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Fìkh Sæn Vachy's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Fìkh Sæn Vachy it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Xtabay near Fìkh Sæn Vachy are known to be quite timid.

Fìkh Sæn Vachy's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via singing.

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 Sæn Vachy Census Data: Year 2000

340 of Fìkh Sæn Vachy's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

718 of Fìkh Sæn Vachy's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 91 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Fìkh Sæn Vachy's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Fìkh Sæn Vachy was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Fìkh Sæn Vachy lost 178 people, 270 livestock, and 69 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 183, when members of Fìkh Sæn Vachy's militia enacted an operation to scout a specific location for information about a particular temple. The operation was complicated by the officers in charge fight among themselves, weakening the army as a whole. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in victory for Fìkh Sæn Vachy's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Fìkh Sæn Vachy's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History