Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ (/ˈkuma/ /ˈhiri/ [loop; curve] [scar; crater]) is a temperate Large City located in Ochyàlà U̽gà Kingdom, Chyûyu̽ Lu̹sû Empire, within the Warren.

The name Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ is derived from the Sylvin language, as Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ was founded by Tegan, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -2°C (29°F). Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ receives an average of 295 cm/y (116 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ covers an area of nearly 77 km² (30 mi²), and an average elevation of 4562 m (14967 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ was founded durring the early 12th century in summer of the year 1103, by Tegan. The establishment of Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ is no diffrent. The city'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.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ is buildings folow an organic layout of narrow paverstone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. The budget oriented 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.

A look around Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ makes you wonder how anything ever gets done. The locals have clear, obvious rivalries with one another, as seen through clenched teeth and fake smiles. What’s more, there is a serious lack of any organization and planning in Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ’s layout as well as the local’s behaviors. The city seems to be a den of chaos where tongues are forked and local customs do not exist.

Civic Infrastructure

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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 Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's parks.

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

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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.

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

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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.

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

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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 City. Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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 Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ 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

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ.

The Mud Elemental, Small near Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves square dance to channel Enchantment energies of tier 3 via chanting.

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.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ Census Data: Year 2000

6873 of Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 363 work in Agriculture
• 1512 work as Craftsmen
• 532 work as Merchants
• 1059 work as Service Workers
• 699 work as General Laborers
• 285 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1052 work as Civil Servants
• 640 work in Cottage Industries
• 369 work as Artists
• 362 work in Produce Industries

10002 of Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1270 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami spared the town from an attack. One of Kuma Hiri Kâchyâ's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History