Large City: Lume Iqû Kâchyâ

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ
Example Rattu architecture.

State	Acoli
Provence	Gïpimuipt Principality
Region	Chyhyǟm-i̽n Basin
Founded	1040
Community Leader	Lord Hervey
Area	150 km² (60 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	4°C (39°F)
Average Elevation	7000 m (-19983 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	82 cm/y (32 in/y)
Population	35322
Population Density	235 people per km² (588 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Illusion
Naming
Native name	Lume Iqû Kâchyâ
Pronunciation	/qə/ /ˈiqʊ/
Direct Translation	[green] [series]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ (/qə/ /ˈiqʊ/ [green] [series]) is a temperate Large City located in the Gïpimuipt Principality of the Acoli.

The name Lume Iqû Kâchyâ is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lume Iqû Kâchyâ was founded by Thraaz, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ has a yearly average temperature of 4°C (39°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -14°C (7°F). Lume Iqû Kâchyâ receives an average of 82 cm/y (32 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lume Iqû Kâchyâ covers an area of nearly 150 km² (60 mi²), and an average elevation of 7000 m (-19983 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ was founded durring the early 11th century, by Thraaz. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lume Iqû Kâchyâ is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ is buildings folow an organic layout of spacious packed earth streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Lume Iqû Kâchyâ weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The city's budget focused millitary grade defenses have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Lume Iqû Kâchyâ, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This city certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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.

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

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Lume Iqû 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. Lume Iqû Kâchyâ's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

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

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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 Lume Iqû Kâchyâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû 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.

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ 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

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ'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 Polevik near Lume Iqû Kâchyâ are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves gestures to channel Conjuration 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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 67
Farmers: 98
Farm Laborer: 196
Hunters: 135
Milk Maids: 90
Ranchers: 44
Ranch Hands: 91
Shepherds: 90

Farmland: 143054 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 8830
Poultry: 105966
Swine: 7064
Sheep: 353
Goats: 70
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 3532

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 73
Blacksmiths: 82
Bookbinders: 44
Buckle-makers: 45
Cabinetmakers: 75
Candlemakers: 121
Carpenters: 105
Clothmakers: 110
Coach and Harness Makers: 38
Coopers: 88
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 48
Copyists: 34
Cutlers: 29
Fabricworkers: 75
Farrier: 172
Furriers: 22
Glassworkers: 121
Gunsmiths: 75
Harness-Makers: 33
Hatters: 71
Hosiery Workers: 25
Jewelers: 41
Leatherwrights: 95
Locksmiths: 36
Matchstick makers: 56
Musical Instrument Makers: 49
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 44
Paper Workers: 48
Plasterers: 48
Pursemakers: 56
Roofers: 37
Ropemakers: 34
Rugmakers: 35
Saddlers: 65
Scabbardmakers: 69
Scalemakers: 39
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 22
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 33
Shoemakers: 33
Soap and Tallow Workers: 115
Tailors: 261
Tanners: 47
Upholsterers: 51
Watchmakers: 49
Weavers: 100
Whitesmiths: 28

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 24
Arcana Sellers: 24
Beer-Sellers: 49
Booksellers: 56
Butchers: 86
Chandlers: 88
Chicken Butchers: 96
Entrepreneurs: 35
Fine Clothiers: 92
Fishmongers: 95
Florists: 21
Potion Sellers: 56
Resellers: 141
Spice Merchants: 46
Wine-sellers: 73
Wheelwright: 54
Woodsellers: 35

Service workers

Bakers: 196
Barbers: 172
Coachmen: 48
Cooks: 130
Doctors: 75
Gamekeepers: 53
Grooms: 30
Hairdressers: 121
Healers: 96
Housekeepers: 107
Housemaids: 153
House Stewards: 100
Inns: 33
Laundry maids: 66
Maidservants: 117
Nursery Maids: 60
Pastrycooks: 135
Restaurateur: 147
Tavern Keepers: 185

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 47
Bleachers: 31
Chemical Workers: 19
Coal Heavers: 75
In-Town Couriers: 80
Long Haul Couriers: 80
Dockyard Workers: 73
Gas Workers: 17
Hay Merchants: 29
Leech Collectors: 96
Millers: 75
Miners: 78
Oilmen and Polishers: 55
Postmen: 82
Pure Finder: 44
Skinners: 103
Sugar Refiners: 20
Tosher: 58
Warehousemen: 135
Watercarriers: 74
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 107

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 45
Alchemist: 55
Clerk: 73
Dentists: 34
Educators: 108
Engineers: 52
Gardeners: 35
Mages: 25
Plumbers: 37
Pharmacist: 44
Professors: 15
Scientists: 26
Wizards: 15

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 34
Bankers: 49
Civil Clerks: 72
Civic Iudex: 39
Consultants: 22
Exorcist: 78
Fixers: 41
Kami Clerk: 67
Landlords: 63
Lawyers: 43
Legend Keepers: 59
Militia Officers: 220
Monks, Monastic: 103
Monks, Civic: 121
Historian, Oral: 78
Historian, Textual: 42
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 78
Priests: 121
Rangers: 49
Rat Catchers: 53
Scholars: 54
Spiritualist: 65
Slayers: 19
Storytellers: 115
Military Officers: 121

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 103
Comfort Services: 117
Enchanters: 38
Herbalists: 38
Jaminators: 130
Needleworkers: 110
Potters: 56
Preserve Makers: 100
Quilters: 49
Seamsters: 168
Spinners: 95
Tinker: 39
Weaver: 90

Artists

Actors: 36
Architects: 13
Bards: 58
Costumers: 22
Dancers: 42
Drafters: 23
Engravers: 28
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 17
Glaziers: 36
Inlayers: 33
Musicians: 92
Painters, Art: 18
Playwrights: 37
Sculptors, Art: 30
Wood Carvers: 121
Writers: 126

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 117
Canners: 95
Cheesmakers: 126
Ice Merchants: 15
Millers: 69
Picklers: 60
Smokers: 44
Stockmakers: 41
Tobacconists: 55
Tallowmakers: 78

13129 of Lume Iqû Kâchyâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

19721 of Lume Iqû Kâchyâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2472 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

Lume Iqû Kâchyâ's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Lume Iqû Kâchyâ suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

History

The the a pair of pants of Wild Magic, an a pair of pants imbued with potent amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Lume Gu̽rû Gûchya by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.