Mäpt Sätï-hik

Mäpt Sätï-hik (/zmeˈkə˞f/ /hik/ [prisoner] [lobby]) is a temperate Town located in the Tákzrá Principality of the City-state of Tano.

The name Mäpt Sätï-hik is derived from the Gnollish language, as Mäpt Sätï-hik was founded by Shtumgli vyim Glə˞ʤine, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Mäpt Sätï-hik has a yearly average temperature of 0°C (32°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 15°C (59°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold -14°C (7°F). Mäpt Sätï-hik receives an average of 210 cm/y (82 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Mäpt Sätï-hik covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1684 m (5524 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mäpt Sätï-hik was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1196, by Shtumgli vyim Glə˞ʤine. The establishment of Mäpt Sätï-hik was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Mäpt Sätï-hik's construction back out of the project. Shtumgli vyim Glə˞ʤine pushed on reguardles, and Mäpt Sätï-hik was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Mäpt Sätï-hik was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mäpt Sätï-hik is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Mäpt Sätï-hik is buildings have been located at convienant points along the swamp Mäpt Sätï-hik was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the spacious baked earthen streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The town's robustly designed timber walls 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.

Mäpt Sätï-hik has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Mäpt Sätï-hik’s streets.

Civic Infrastructure

Mäpt Sätï-hik has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mäpt Sätï-hik.

Mäpt Sätï-hik 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.

Mäpt Sätï-hik has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Mäpt Sätï-hik 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.

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

Mäpt Sätï-hik possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Mäpt Sätï-hik has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Mäpt Sätï-hik 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

The law within Mäpt Sätï-hik is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

Mäpt Sätï-hik's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Mäpt Sätï-hik every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Ovinnik near Mäpt Sätï-hik are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mäpt Sätï-hik's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves gestures to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 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.

Mäpt Sätï-hik Census Data: Year 2000

342 of Mäpt Sätï-hik's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

774 of Mäpt Sätï-hik's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 22 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Mount Trepidation, an iconic vista located neare Mäpt Sätï-hik, proved to be volcanic when the mountain erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Mäpt Sätï-hik, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Mäpt Sätï-hik lost 121 people, 372 livestock, and 35 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Trepidation's Wrath.

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