Lo Keda Mîze

Lo Keda Mîze (/lo/ /ˈkeda/ [blue] [sister]) is a subtropical Town located in Ukhaz̄abekela Dutchy, Unuqini Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Lo Keda Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Lo Keda Mîze was founded by Tshelîm Trèdshêye Fyëgadshê, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Lo Keda Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Lo Keda Mîze receives an average of 77 cm/y (30 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Lo Keda Mîze covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5658 m (18562 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lo Keda Mîze was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1220, by Tshelîm Trèdshêye Fyëgadshê. The establishment of Lo Keda Mîze suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Lo Keda Mîze which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Lo Keda Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lo Keda Mîze 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.

Lo Keda Mîze is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow worn bedrock streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The exceptionaly well made fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Right off the bat Lo Keda Mîze 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. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. Lo Keda Mîze 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 place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lo Keda Mîze 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.

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

Lo Keda Mîze 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.

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

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

Lo Keda Mîze 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.

Lo Keda Mîze 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.

Lo Keda Mîze is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Lo Keda Mîze's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

The Phase Flea near Lo Keda Mîze are known to be quite timid.

Lo Keda Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Augury energies of tier 1 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.

Lo Keda Mîze Census Data: Year 2000

359 of Lo Keda Mîze's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 79 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 52 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

753 of Lo Keda Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 83 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lo Keda Mîze is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Lo Keda Mîze sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

Lo Keda Mîze is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Lo Keda Mîze was attacked by a renegade group of the army. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Lo Keda Mîze lost 272 people, 155 livestock, and 38 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 142, when members of Lo Keda Mîze's militia enacted an operation to secure a particular fortification to utilize it for a specific task. The operation was complicated by extremely dangerous terrain, including unfamiliar and poisonous plants which many ate while foraging. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in victory for Lo Keda Mîze's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Lo Keda Mîze's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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