Small City: Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ
Example Rattu architecture.

State	Lallalo
Provence	Temmī̄f Principality
Region	Schyröd-drö Forest
Founded	1281
Community Leader	Lord Zhuihn
Area	10 km² (4 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	6°C (42°F)
Average Elevation	1376 m (4514 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	232 cm/y (91 in/y)
Population	2408
Population Density	240 people per km² (602 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Transmutation
Naming
Native name	Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ
Pronunciation	/ˈkələ/ /ˈdʊnɪː/
Direct Translation	[physical; tangible] [shell]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ (/ˈkələ/ /ˈdʊnɪː/ [physical; tangible] [shell]) is a subtropical Small City located in the Temmī̄f Principality of the Lallalo.

The name Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ is derived from the Goblin language, as Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ was founded by Nayḿ, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 3°C (37°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ receives an average of 232 cm/y (91 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ covers an area of nearly 10 km² (4 mi²), and an average elevation of 1376 m (4514 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1281, by Nayḿ. The establishment of Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Nayḿ electing to pay people to resettle in Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive paverstone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. 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 cost-cutting-focused defences has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

The first thing you notice about Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ is the large sign at the entrance welcoming you to their humble city. Children come up to you and say hi, some asking if you’ve fought any big monsters, and others just zipping away after their hello. The adults are much the same. By the time you’ve made it a significant way into the town you’ve been invited to a tavern for a pint to drink in exchange for news of the world. You’ve also had no less than three older women give you a sweetroll and direct your attention to their still unmarried children. It would be creepy if it wasn't so sincere.

Civic Infrastructure

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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.

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

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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 Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ's parks.

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

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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.

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

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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 Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ 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

The law within Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ.

Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Conjuration energies of tier 1 via 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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 4
Farmers: 7
Farm Laborer: 15
Hunters: 7
Milk Maids: 6
Ranchers: 3
Ranch Hands: 6
Shepherds: 5

Farmland: 9704 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 602
Poultry: 7224
Swine: 481
Sheep: 24
Goats: 4
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 240

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 4
Blacksmiths: 4
Bookbinders: 3
Buckle-makers: 3
Cabinetmakers: 4
Candlemakers: 7
Carpenters: 6
Clothmakers: 6
Coach and Harness Makers: 2
Coopers: 5
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 3
Copyists: 2
Cutlers: 2
Fabricworkers: 5
Farrier: 12
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 7
Gunsmiths: 5
Harness-Makers: 2
Hatters: 4
Hosiery Workers: 1
Jewelers: 2
Leatherwrights: 5
Locksmiths: 2
Matchstick makers: 3
Musical Instrument Makers: 3
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Paper Workers: 3
Plasterers: 3
Pursemakers: 3
Roofers: 2
Ropemakers: 2
Rugmakers: 2
Saddlers: 4
Scabbardmakers: 5
Scalemakers: 2
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Shoemakers: 2
Soap and Tallow Workers: 9
Tailors: 14
Tanners: 2
Upholsterers: 3
Watchmakers: 3
Weavers: 6
Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 3
Booksellers: 3
Butchers: 6
Chandlers: 6
Chicken Butchers: 6
Entrepreneurs: 2
Fine Clothiers: 6
Fishmongers: 6
Florists: 1
Potion Sellers: 4
Resellers: 10
Spice Merchants: 3
Wine-sellers: 5
Wheelwright: 3
Woodsellers: 2

Service workers

Bakers: 10
Barbers: 11
Coachmen: 3
Cooks: 8
Doctors: 5
Gamekeepers: 3
Grooms: 2
Hairdressers: 7
Healers: 6
Housekeepers: 7
Housemaids: 12
House Stewards: 7
Inns: 2
Laundry maids: 4
Maidservants: 8
Nursery Maids: 4
Pastrycooks: 8
Restaurateur: 9
Tavern Keepers: 12

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 3
Bleachers: 2
Chemical Workers: 1
Coal Heavers: 4
In-Town Couriers: 5
Long Haul Couriers: 4
Dockyard Workers: 4
Gas Workers: 1
Hay Merchants: 2
Leech Collectors: 6
Millers: 5
Miners: 5
Oilmen and Polishers: 3
Postmen: 5
Pure Finder: 3
Skinners: 7
Sugar Refiners: 1
Tosher: 3
Warehousemen: 7
Watercarriers: 4
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 7

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 3
Alchemist: 3
Clerk: 5
Dentists: 2
Educators: 6
Engineers: 3
Gardeners: 2
Mages: 1
Plumbers: 2
Pharmacist: 2
Professors: 1
Scientists: 1
Wizards: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 2
Bankers: 3
Civil Clerks: 5
Civic Iudex: 2
Consultants: 1
Exorcist: 5
Fixers: 2
Kami Clerk: 4
Landlords: 4
Lawyers: 3
Legend Keepers: 4
Militia Officers: 24
Monks, Monastic: 8
Monks, Civic: 6
Historian, Oral: 5
Historian, Textual: 2
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 5
Priests: 9
Rangers: 3
Rat Catchers: 3
Scholars: 3
Spiritualist: 4
Slayers: 1
Storytellers: 9
Military Officers: 9

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 6
Comfort Services: 10
Enchanters: 2
Herbalists: 2
Jaminators: 8
Needleworkers: 8
Potters: 4
Preserve Makers: 6
Quilters: 3
Seamsters: 16
Spinners: 6
Tinker: 2
Weaver: 6

Artists

Actors: 2
Bards: 3
Costumers: 1
Dancers: 2
Drafters: 1
Engravers: 1
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 1
Glaziers: 2
Inlayers: 2
Musicians: 7
Painters, Art: 1
Playwrights: 2
Sculptors, Art: 2
Wood Carvers: 9
Writers: 8

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 8
Canners: 6
Cheesmakers: 8
Ice Merchants: 1
Millers: 4
Picklers: 4
Smokers: 3
Stockmakers: 2
Tobacconists: 3
Tallowmakers: 4

825 of Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1487 of Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 96 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ, swallowing large sections of the community. Kàlà Dûnî Kâchyâ lost 147 people, 332 livestock, and 37 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Death Swallowing.