Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa (/ʤɪ/ /oˈqɪpa/ [old; antique] [journey; voyage]) is a temperate City located in Ra-79zbanfo Zone, Liwbărǐm District, within the Alveria.

The name Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa is derived from the Goblin language, as Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa was founded by Kazzeind, who was culturaly KLEO.

Climate

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa receives an average of 221 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa covers an area of nearly 45 km² (18 mi²), and an average elevation of 1912 m (6272 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa was founded durring the late 11th century, by Kazzeind. The establishment of Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Kazzeind electing to pay people to resettle in Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa was built using the conventions of KLEO durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city'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 city. The city rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The political statment focused walls 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 Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa makes it abundantly clear the city suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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 Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's parks.

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

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

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

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

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

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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 City. Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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 Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa 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

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa.

The Giant hissing cockroach near Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Enchantment energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa Census Data: Year 2000

3953 of Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 220 work in Agriculture
• 876 work as Craftsmen
• 331 work as Merchants
• 615 work as Service Workers
• 407 work as General Laborers
• 159 work as Skilled Laborers
• 580 work as Civil Servants
• 338 work in Cottage Industries
• 220 work as Artists
• 207 work in Produce Industries

5932 of Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 744 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Lagginhorn Peak, an iconic vista located neare Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa, proved to be volcanic when the peak erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Lilgap Jĭǐ Oqǐpa lost 169 people, 221 livestock, and 67 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Suffering's Wrath.

History