Kèr Sàsucqāz

Kèr Sàsucqāz (/ˈsəsuc/ /qəˑz/ [moisture] [teal]) is a subtropical Large Town located in the Kveviēid Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Sàsucqāz is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Sàsucqāz was founded by Glèlkëm Neagle Vaugh, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Sàsucqāz 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 Sàsucqāz receives an average of 185 cm/y (72 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kèr Sàsucqāz covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4702 m (15426 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Sàsucqāz was founded durring the early 16th century in summer of the year 1535, by Glèlkëm Neagle Vaugh. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Kèr Sàsucqāz was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Sàsucqāz 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 Sàsucqāz is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of crampt flagstone 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 is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Kèr Sàsucqāz's exceptionaly well made 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 look around Kèr Sàsucqāz gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Kèr Sàsucqāz 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 Large Town. Kèr Sàsucqāz's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Kèr Sàsucqāz 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 Sàsucqāz's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kèr Sàsucqāz 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 Sàsucqāz 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 Sàsucqāz's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Kèr Sàsucqāz.

The Skin Stitcher near Kèr Sàsucqāz are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Sàsucqāz's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves ritual combat to channel Charm energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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 Sàsucqāz Census Data: Year 2000

507 of Kèr Sàsucqāz's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 29 work in Agriculture
• 112 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 86 work as Service Workers
• 52 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 72 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

1004 of Kèr Sàsucqāz's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 46 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Kèr Sàsucqāz’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Kèr Sàsucqāz’s streets.

The center of Kèr Sàsucqāz's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

The the a grimwar of Wild Magic, an a grimwar imbued with great amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Kèr Ríhfaù by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History