Kèr Ksvāyùg

Kèr Ksvāyùg (Ksvā /jʊg/ [loss] [laugh]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ftiyāobāt Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Ksvāyùg is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Ksvāyùg was founded by Shêmeg̈nm Owens Nash, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Ksvāyùg 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 Ksvāyùg receives an average of 259 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kèr Ksvāyùg covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3320 m (10892 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Ksvāyùg was founded durring the late 12th century in spring of the year 1059, by Shêmeg̈nm Owens Nash. The establishment of Kèr Ksvāyùg was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Shêmeg̈nm Owens Nash struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Kèr Ksvāyùg as a prison colony.

Kèr Ksvāyùg was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Ksvāyùg is no diffrent. The town'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.

Kèr Ksvāyùg is buildings are arranged within a network of restrictive baked earthen streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Kèr Ksvāyùg's failry decent fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A quick look in any direction shows Kèr Ksvāyùg is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Kèr Ksvāyùg 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 Ksvāyùg 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

Kèr Ksvāyùg's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Kèr Ksvāyùg every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Soulsliver near Kèr Ksvāyùg are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Kèr Ksvāyùg's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves drinking to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 via oratory performances.

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 Ksvāyùg Census Data: Year 2000

343 of Kèr Ksvāyùg's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

770 of Kèr Ksvāyùg's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 22 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Ksvāyùg is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

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History

The the a Arming cap of Wild Magic, an a Arming cap imbued with great amounts of Wild Magic energies was created near Kèr Kstopsvzíhme by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History