Ko Basklo Kez

Ko Basklo Kez (/ko/ /ˈbasklo/ [cyan] [asteroid; comet]) is a subtropical Town located in the Qujusukoga Moot of the Viceroyalty of Rosid.

The name Ko Basklo Kez is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Ko Basklo Kez was founded by Tsêm Gegumer, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Ko Basklo Kez has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Ko Basklo Kez receives an average of 149 cm/y (58 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Ko Basklo Kez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 6620 m (-21230 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ko Basklo Kez was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1408, by Tsêm Gegumer. The establishment of Ko Basklo Kez 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.

Ko Basklo Kez was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ko Basklo Kez 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.

Ko Basklo Kez is is constructed arround a semi-circular spacious baked earthen mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Ko Basklo Kez's timber-based walls 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.

Ko Basklo Kez has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Ko Basklo Kez ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Ko Basklo Kez is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Ko Basklo Kez was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

Ko Basklo Kez has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

Ko Basklo Kez 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.

Ko Basklo Kez 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.

Ko Basklo Kez 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.

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

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

Ko Basklo Kez 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

Ko Basklo Kez's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

In Ko Basklo Kez rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Slithering Pit near Ko Basklo Kez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Ko Basklo Kez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves ritual combat to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 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.

Ko Basklo Kez Census Data: Year 2000

347 of Ko Basklo Kez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 25 work as Merchants
• 60 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

784 of Ko Basklo Kez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 23 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ko Basklo Kez is surrounded by dangerous terrain: miasmatic swamps, perilous crevasses, radioactive badlands, a pocket of or some other harmful topography. Ko Basklo Kez might prefer the defensive potential of the terrain here, or have found a precious resource worth the danger. The terrain might have formed at some time since the founding, with the citizens struggling to make terms with the new danger.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Ko Basklo Kez, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Ko Basklo Kez lost 127 people, 275 livestock, and 37 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Torment Rain.

History