Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà (/dɑˈhoda/ /ˈguvu/ [mobile; portable] [way; direction (way)]) is a temperate Town located in the Qàdurû Vu̽yûchû Principality of the City-state of Kakoray.

The name Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà is derived from the Wareneese language, as Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà was founded by Louise Zeshêpî, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà has a yearly average temperature of 9°C (48°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 8°C (46°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà receives an average of 266 cm/y (104 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2604 m (8543 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1356, by Louise Zeshêpî. The establishment of Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Louise Zeshêpî struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà as a prison colony.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 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.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà is buildings have been located at convienant points along the hill Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the restrictive carved bedrock streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. 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. Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The town's monster and outlaw focused fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

A look around Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà long.

Civic Infrastructure

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 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.

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

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 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.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 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.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 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.

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

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 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 Town. Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 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

While Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà .

The Festrog near Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Conjuration energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà Census Data: Year 2000

365 of Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

819 of Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 24 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà lost 147 people, 318 livestock, and 58 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 119, when members of Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's militia enacted an operation to fortify a particular research site. The operation was complicated by at least some of the intelligence related to the operation was incorrect. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the research site, which ended in a stalemate for Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Lu̹ Guvu Kîchyà 's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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