Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf (/fuˈsi/ /sluˈɑ/ [hard; solid; sturdy] [hag (old woman)]) is a subtropical City located in the Kïlxcïäj Principality of the Yastas.

The name Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf is derived from the Goblin language, as Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf was founded by Antilaemus, who was culturaly Gnoll.

Climate

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf has a yearly average temperature of -4°C (25°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant -30°C (-22°F). Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf receives an average of 228 cm/y (89 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf covers an area of nearly 37 km² (14 mi²), and an average elevation of 3268 m (10721 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1176, by Antilaemus. The establishment of Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf was built using the conventions of Gnoll durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive packed earth 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 has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The city's cost-cutting-focused defences have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look around Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf shows Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf is little more than a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is.

Civic Infrastructure

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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 Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's parks.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

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

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

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

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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. Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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 Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's natural decorations nor waterways.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf 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

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is recurring in Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf.

The Ifrit near Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Truename 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 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.

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf Census Data: Year 2000

3241 of Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 178 work in Agriculture
• 736 work as Craftsmen
• 260 work as Merchants
• 499 work as Service Workers
• 326 work as General Laborers
• 133 work as Skilled Laborers
• 466 work as Civil Servants
• 284 work in Cottage Industries
• 180 work as Artists
• 179 work in Produce Industries

5063 of Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 529 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of saved most of the town when a natural disaster struck Jïtáxi-sluä Xluwuf. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History