Kèr Gíhkvàg

Kèr Gíhkvàg (/gɪ̞c/ /vəg/ [potion; elixir] [aesthetic]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Kveviēid Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Gíhkvàg is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Gíhkvàg was founded by Trèdo Bevan, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Gíhkvàg has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Kèr Gíhkvàg receives an average of 178 cm/y (70 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kèr Gíhkvàg covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 5238 m (17185 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Gíhkvàg was founded durring the early 9th century, by Trèdo Bevan. The establishment of Kèr Gíhkvàg 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.

Kèr Gíhkvàg was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Gíhkvàg is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Kèr Gíhkvàg is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive cobblestone streets which form hexical 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 sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based walls are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Kèr Gíhkvàg has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Kèr Gíhkvàg ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. On top of this is an unmistakable feeling that Kèr Gíhkvàg is in this condition because there is something terribly wrong with the town. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling 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 all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine which makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Kèr Gíhkvàg long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Kèr Gíhkvàg 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.

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

Kèr Gíhkvàg 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.

Kèr Gíhkvàg 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.

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

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

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

Kèr Gíhkvàg 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

Kèr Gíhkvàg's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Kèr Gíhkvàg.

The Xtabay near Kèr Gíhkvàg are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kèr Gíhkvàg's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Illusion energies of tier 1 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.

Kèr Gíhkvàg Census Data: Year 2000

270 of Kèr Gíhkvàg's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 58 work as Craftsmen
• 20 work as Merchants
• 45 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 7 work as Skilled Laborers
• 40 work as Civil Servants
• 26 work in Cottage Industries
• 12 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

646 of Kèr Gíhkvàg's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 28 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Gíhkvàg is surrounded by dangerous terrain: miasmatic swamps, perilous crevasses, radioactive badlands, a pocket of or some other harmful topography. Kèr Gíhkvàg might prefer the defensive potential of the terrain here, or have found a precious resource worth the danger. The terrain might have formed at some time since the founding, with the citizens struggling to make terms with the new danger.

Kèr Gíhkvàg's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of protected Kèr Gíhkvàg's harvest from an army of bandits. One of Kèr Gíhkvàg's festivals remembers the hero.

History