Kèr Zèkwakej

Kèr Zèkwakej (/ˈzɛkwa/ /keʤ/ [silence] [soft; gentle]) is a subtropical Town located in the Síhvqulu Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Zèkwakej is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Zèkwakej was founded by Whudmuik Shankland Edwardd, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Zèkwakej has a yearly average temperature of 31°C (87°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 35°C (95°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Kèr Zèkwakej receives an average of 307 cm/y (120 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kèr Zèkwakej covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 554 m (1817 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Zèkwakej was founded durring the late 12th century in winter of the year 1056, by Whudmuik Shankland Edwardd. The establishment of Kèr Zèkwakej was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Whudmuik Shankland Edwardd struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Kèr Zèkwakej as a prison colony.

Kèr Zèkwakej was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Zèkwakej is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Kèr Zèkwakej is buildings are located arround a single crampt packed earth mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The town's frontieer-style defences have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

Kèr Zèkwakej has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Kèr Zèkwakej’s streets.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Kèr Zèkwakej has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

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

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

Kèr Zèkwakej 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Kèr Zèkwakej they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Kèr Zèkwakej's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Kèr Zèkwakej.

The Human Juju Zombie near Kèr Zèkwakej are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Zèkwakej's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves gestures to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via divine sermons.

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 Zèkwakej Census Data: Year 2000

381 of Kèr Zèkwakej's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 58 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

824 of Kèr Zèkwakej's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 50 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Zèkwakej makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

The the an Ailette of Necromancy, an an Ailette imbued with notable amounts of Necromancy energies was created in Kèr Zèiēshafi̊iē̼ by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

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