Kèr Hi̊mbùn

Kèr Hi̊mbùn (/hi̘m/ /bʊn/ [basement] [dumb (speechless)]) is a subtropical Town located in the Iēibonjām Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Hi̊mbùn is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Hi̊mbùn was founded by Yawmē̄ Sérmp̪vō 'Stunner Star' Joidä̂ Ca̋nvēs Cúnvé Pughan, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Hi̊mbùn has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Kèr Hi̊mbùn receives an average of 290 cm/y (114 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kèr Hi̊mbùn covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 398 m (1305 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Hi̊mbùn was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1293, by Yawmē̄ Sérmp̪vō 'Stunner Star' Joidä̂ Ca̋nvēs Cúnvé Pughan. The establishment of Kèr Hi̊mbùn suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Kèr Hi̊mbùn which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Kèr Hi̊mbùn was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Hi̊mbùn 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 Hi̊mbùn is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of broad gravel streets which form triangular 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 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 town is well defended against anything short of an army. The town's cost-cutting-focused defences 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.

Even the most brief look arround Kèr Hi̊mbùn has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The town is most certainly a god fearing community. It’s also definitely a god loving community. THe streetcornors are occupied by preachers, with the occasional intersection playing host to an actually friendly debate relating to the merits of various gods. Even the less popular as well as the less politically loved gods seem to have a space in Kèr Hi̊mbùn, there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.

Civic Infrastructure

Kèr Hi̊mbùn 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 Kèr Hi̊mbùn. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kèr Hi̊mbùn's parks.

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

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

Kèr Hi̊mbùn 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 Kèr Hi̊mbùn's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kèr Hi̊mbùn 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.

Kèr Hi̊mbùn 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Kèr Hi̊mbùn's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Kèr Hi̊mbùn there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Marble Snake near Kèr Hi̊mbùn are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Hi̊mbùn's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 1 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.

Kèr Hi̊mbùn Census Data: Year 2000

465 of Kèr Hi̊mbùn's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 103 work as Craftsmen
• 38 work as Merchants
• 76 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 67 work as Civil Servants
• 41 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

929 of Kèr Hi̊mbùn's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 58 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

The the a greatsword of Illusion, an a greatsword imbued with notable amounts of Illusion energies was created in Kèr Hàwbo by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History