Ksti̊hev Se

Ksti̊hev Se (Ksti̊ /hev/ [dress; skirt] [therapy; remedy]) is a subtropical Town located in Rosesilver Dutchy, Gèfy̼è Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Ksti̊hev Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Ksti̊hev Se was founded by Eifion Probert Terfel, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Ksti̊hev Se has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Ksti̊hev Se receives an average of 238 cm/y (93 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Ksti̊hev Se covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3862 m (12670 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ksti̊hev Se was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1208, by Eifion Probert Terfel. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Ksti̊hev Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ksti̊hev Se is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Ksti̊hev Se is is constructed arround a series of crampt paverstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Ksti̊hev Se's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The monster and outlaw focused fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Right off the bat Ksti̊hev Se hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Ksti̊hev Se 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.

Ksti̊hev Se 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.

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

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

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

Ksti̊hev Se 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Ksti̊hev Se hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Ksti̊hev Se's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Ksti̊hev Se it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Elusa Hound near Ksti̊hev Se are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ksti̊hev Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves bloodletting to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 via mimery.

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.

Ksti̊hev Se Census Data: Year 2000

331 of Ksti̊hev Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 72 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 52 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 31 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

702 of Ksti̊hev Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 77 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ksti̊hev Se makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

The the a lance of Transmutation, an a lance imbued with potent amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Kstāojíhtjíh Se by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History