Kèr Uprotomā

Kèr Uprotomā (/ˈupro/ /ˈtoməˑ/ [rag] [cute]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Hujdàj Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Uprotomā is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Uprotomā was founded by Thozhkay Shankland, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Uprotomā has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Kèr Uprotomā 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 Uprotomā covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1278 m (4192 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Uprotomā was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1303, by Thozhkay Shankland. The establishment of Kèr Uprotomā 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 Uprotomā was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Uprotomā is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brick construction taking the shape of large simple gemometric shapes which ate then embelished with decorative features, but retain their simple shapes in spite of the added features such as pillars, faccaddes, and covered walkways. The blocky nature gives a general impression of extreem age, as if each structure has existed since time immemorial.

Kèr Uprotomā is buildings are speckled and packed arround restrictive packed earth streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Kèr Uprotomā's size could have. The well-designed, yet cheep have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Kèr Uprotomā is like a look into a broken heart. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need. It’s not malicious. Heads are hung. Eyes are empty. Something truly horrible happened here once upon a time and the town never healed.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Kèr Uprotomā 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 Uprotomā's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Kèr Uprotomā tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Nightmare Ettercap near Kèr Uprotomā are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kèr Uprotomā's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves bloodletting to channel Conjuration energies of tier 1 via throat 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 Uprotomā Census Data: Year 2000

265 of Kèr Uprotomā's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 55 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 43 work as Service Workers
• 26 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 40 work as Civil Servants
• 26 work in Cottage Industries
• 11 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

628 of Kèr Uprotomā's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 47 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Uprotomā has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

Kèr Uprotomā is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

The the an eyepatch of Enchantment, an an eyepatch imbued with potent amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Kèr Uprotomā by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History