Large City: Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya
Example Rattu architecture.
StateWarren
ProvenceGæchà Dîrîdî Empire
Sub ProvenceKurûkû Ku̹chyi Kingdom
RegionTstsvēegwíhg Woodlands
Founded999
Community LeaderLord Garesh
Area164 km2 (65 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp13°C (55°F)
Average Elevation3530 m (11581 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation299 cm/y (117 in/y)
Population38955
Population Density237 people per km2 (599 people per mi2)
Town AuraNecromancy
Naming
Native nameLu̽ Bâ Gûchya
Pronunciation/ˈɪːdæ/ /bɑ/
Direct Translation[dumb (speechless)] [program]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya (/ˈɪːdæ/ /bɑ/ [dumb (speechless)] [program]) is a subtropical Large City located in Kurûkû Ku̹chyi Kingdom, Gæchà Dîrîdî Empire, within the Warren.

The name Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya is derived from the Sylvin language, as Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya was founded by Garesh, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -1°C (31°F). Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya receives an average of 299 cm/y (117 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya covers an area of nearly 164 km2 (65 mi2), and an average elevation of 3530 m (11581 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya was founded durring the late 11th century, by Garesh. The establishment of Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Garesh struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya as a prison colony.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya is buildings have been located at convienant points along the valley Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the narrow baked earthen streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The city has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The brittle defences 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.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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 Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's parks.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

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

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

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

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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. Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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 Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

In Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Feyling near Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Transmutation 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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 70
  • Farmers: 108
  • Farm Laborer: 185
  • Hunters: 162
  • Milk Maids: 102
  • Ranchers: 54
  • Ranch Hands: 103
  • Shepherds: 102
    • Farmland: 159325 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 9738
    • Poultry: 116865
    • Swine: 7791
    • Sheep: 389
    • Goats: 77
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 3895

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 77
  • Blacksmiths: 86
  • Bookbinders: 49
  • Buckle-makers: 53
  • Cabinetmakers: 92
  • Candlemakers: 139
  • Carpenters: 127
  • Clothmakers: 97
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 43
  • Coopers: 95
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 52
  • Copyists: 37
  • Cutlers: 32
  • Fabricworkers: 84
  • Farrier: 311
  • Furriers: 24
  • Glassworkers: 121
  • Gunsmiths: 83
  • Harness-Makers: 38
  • Hatters: 82
  • Hosiery Workers: 28
  • Jewelers: 43
  • Leatherwrights: 105
  • Locksmiths: 40
  • Matchstick makers: 62
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 55
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 47
  • Paper Workers: 58
  • Plasterers: 54
  • Pursemakers: 64
  • Roofers: 41
  • Ropemakers: 40
  • Rugmakers: 38
  • Saddlers: 73
  • Scabbardmakers: 82
  • Scalemakers: 43
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 25
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 37
  • Shoemakers: 38
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 123
  • Tailors: 288
  • Tanners: 50
  • Upholsterers: 56
  • Watchmakers: 52
  • Weavers: 114
  • Whitesmiths: 31

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 27
  • Arcana Sellers: 27
  • Beer-Sellers: 52
  • Booksellers: 62
  • Butchers: 97
  • Chandlers: 92
  • Chicken Butchers: 109
  • Entrepreneurs: 39
  • Fine Clothiers: 90
  • Fishmongers: 102
  • Florists: 23
  • Potion Sellers: 68
  • Resellers: 177
  • Spice Merchants: 51
  • Wine-sellers: 81
  • Wheelwright: 57
  • Woodsellers: 36

Service workers

  • Bakers: 229
  • Barbers: 210
  • Coachmen: 53
  • Cooks: 155
  • Doctors: 96
  • Gamekeepers: 60
  • Grooms: 34
  • Hairdressers: 139
  • Healers: 98
  • Housekeepers: 108
  • Housemaids: 229
  • House Stewards: 118
  • Inns: 37
  • Laundry maids: 76
  • Maidservants: 125
  • Nursery Maids: 70
  • Pastrycooks: 139
  • Restaurateur: 169
  • Tavern Keepers: 185

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 53
  • Bleachers: 35
  • Chemical Workers: 22
  • Coal Heavers: 74
  • In-Town Couriers: 84
  • Long Haul Couriers: 88
  • Dockyard Workers: 81
  • Gas Workers: 18
  • Hay Merchants: 32
  • Leech Collectors: 103
  • Millers: 90
  • Miners: 88
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 62
  • Postmen: 90
  • Pure Finder: 50
  • Skinners: 111
  • Sugar Refiners: 22
  • Tosher: 60
  • Warehousemen: 162
  • Watercarriers: 77
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 114

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 51
  • Alchemist: 59
  • Clerk: 76
  • Dentists: 38
  • Educators: 103
  • Engineers: 57
  • Gardeners: 39
  • Mages: 28
  • Plumbers: 40
  • Pharmacist: 46
  • Professors: 17
  • Scientists: 29
  • Wizards: 17

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 37
  • Bankers: 54
  • Civil Clerks: 88
  • Civic Iudex: 45
  • Consultants: 25
  • Exorcist: 84
  • Fixers: 45
  • Kami Clerk: 72
  • Landlords: 77
  • Lawyers: 45
  • Legend Keepers: 67
  • Militia Officers: 354
  • Monks, Monastic: 144
  • Monks, Civic: 129
  • Historian, Oral: 86
  • Historian, Textual: 45
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 90
  • Priests: 155
  • Rangers: 53
  • Rat Catchers: 59
  • Scholars: 60
  • Spiritualist: 69
  • Slayers: 21
  • Storytellers: 159
  • Military Officers: 125

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 111
  • Comfort Services: 129
  • Enchanters: 44
  • Herbalists: 42
  • Jaminators: 118
  • Needleworkers: 121
  • Potters: 66
  • Preserve Makers: 108
  • Quilters: 56
  • Seamsters: 177
  • Spinners: 105
  • Tinker: 45
  • Weaver: 95

Artists

  • Actors: 41
  • Architects: 15
  • Bards: 64
  • Costumers: 23
  • Dancers: 46
  • Drafters: 24
  • Engravers: 30
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 18
  • Glaziers: 40
  • Inlayers: 38
  • Musicians: 111
  • Painters, Art: 20
  • Playwrights: 43
  • Sculptors, Art: 33
  • Wood Carvers: 118
  • Writers: 144

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 121
  • Canners: 105
  • Cheesmakers: 155
  • Ice Merchants: 17
  • Millers: 79
  • Picklers: 63
  • Smokers: 49
  • Stockmakers: 44
  • Tobacconists: 61
  • Tallowmakers: 90

14858 of Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

22929 of Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1168 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya 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.

The roads leading into Lu̽ Bâ Gûchya possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

POI

History

The the a crop of Summoning, an a crop imbued with notable amounts of Summoning energies was created near Lotíhgvàg Gíhm by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History