Large City: Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ
Example Rattu architecture.

State	Warren
Provence	Vu̹chi Bu̽su Empire
Sub Provence	Mu̹be Enà Kingdom
Region	Wit Ën Forest
Founded	1139
Community Leader	Lord Knubbe
Area	113 km² (45 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	13°C (55°F)
Average Elevation	1300 m (4265 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	249 cm/y (98 in/y)
Population	27003
Population Density	238 people per km² (600 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Transmutation
Naming
Native name	Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ
Pronunciation	/ˌbæmaˈlolə/ /ˈiri/
Direct Translation	[sick] [pig]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

The name Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ is derived from the Sylvin language, as Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ was founded by Knubbe, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 14°C (57°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ receives an average of 249 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ covers an area of nearly 113 km² (45 mi²), and an average elevation of 1300 m (4265 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ was founded durring the early 12th century in fall of the year 1139, by Knubbe. The establishment of Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ is no diffrent. The city'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.

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ is buildings are located arround a single premissive paverstone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. The perhapse unnessisarily well built defences have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

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

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Meyîhà Iri 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. Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ 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.

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

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Meyîhà Iri 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 Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Meyîhà Iri 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.

Cultural Notes

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is recurring in Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ.

The Death Butterfly Swarm near Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves ritual combat to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via throat chanting.

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: 49
Farmers: 90
Farm Laborer: 150
Hunters: 96
Milk Maids: 64
Ranchers: 34
Ranch Hands: 73
Shepherds: 65

Farmland: 108822 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 6750
Poultry: 81009
Swine: 5400
Sheep: 270
Goats: 54
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 2700

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 56
Blacksmiths: 60
Bookbinders: 32
Buckle-makers: 35
Cabinetmakers: 62
Candlemakers: 93
Carpenters: 91
Clothmakers: 77
Coach and Harness Makers: 28
Coopers: 67
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 36
Copyists: 24
Cutlers: 22
Fabricworkers: 60
Farrier: 174
Furriers: 18
Glassworkers: 84
Gunsmiths: 56
Harness-Makers: 25
Hatters: 55
Hosiery Workers: 19
Jewelers: 31
Leatherwrights: 77
Locksmiths: 26
Matchstick makers: 44
Musical Instrument Makers: 39
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 33
Paper Workers: 39
Plasterers: 36
Pursemakers: 46
Roofers: 28
Ropemakers: 27
Rugmakers: 26
Saddlers: 50
Scabbardmakers: 55
Scalemakers: 28
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 17
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 26
Shoemakers: 25
Soap and Tallow Workers: 91
Tailors: 163
Tanners: 34
Upholsterers: 39
Watchmakers: 39
Weavers: 77
Whitesmiths: 21

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 18
Arcana Sellers: 18
Beer-Sellers: 36
Booksellers: 43
Butchers: 65
Chandlers: 77
Chicken Butchers: 76
Entrepreneurs: 27
Fine Clothiers: 71
Fishmongers: 65
Florists: 16
Potion Sellers: 43
Resellers: 108
Spice Merchants: 38
Wine-sellers: 57
Wheelwright: 41
Woodsellers: 27

Service workers

Bakers: 117
Barbers: 131
Coachmen: 37
Cooks: 112
Doctors: 51
Gamekeepers: 40
Grooms: 23
Hairdressers: 100
Healers: 70
Housekeepers: 75
Housemaids: 158
House Stewards: 75
Inns: 25
Laundry maids: 50
Maidservants: 93
Nursery Maids: 46
Pastrycooks: 90
Restaurateur: 108
Tavern Keepers: 122

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 38
Bleachers: 25
Chemical Workers: 15
Coal Heavers: 51
In-Town Couriers: 67
Long Haul Couriers: 65
Dockyard Workers: 56
Gas Workers: 13
Hay Merchants: 22
Leech Collectors: 73
Millers: 64
Miners: 58
Oilmen and Polishers: 41
Postmen: 62
Pure Finder: 35
Skinners: 81
Sugar Refiners: 15
Tosher: 43
Warehousemen: 103
Watercarriers: 55
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 81

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 34
Alchemist: 41
Clerk: 51
Dentists: 26
Educators: 72
Engineers: 40
Gardeners: 26
Mages: 20
Plumbers: 28
Pharmacist: 31
Professors: 11
Scientists: 20
Wizards: 11

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 25
Bankers: 35
Civil Clerks: 62
Civic Iudex: 31
Consultants: 17
Exorcist: 62
Fixers: 33
Kami Clerk: 53
Landlords: 53
Lawyers: 33
Legend Keepers: 44
Militia Officers: 300
Monks, Monastic: 90
Monks, Civic: 79
Historian, Oral: 61
Historian, Textual: 32
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 61
Priests: 100
Rangers: 35
Rat Catchers: 42
Scholars: 43
Spiritualist: 51
Slayers: 15
Storytellers: 91
Military Officers: 100

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 72
Comfort Services: 93
Enchanters: 29
Herbalists: 30
Jaminators: 84
Needleworkers: 90
Potters: 44
Preserve Makers: 75
Quilters: 39
Seamsters: 180
Spinners: 77
Tinker: 31
Weaver: 71

Artists

Actors: 29
Architects: 10
Bards: 42
Costumers: 16
Dancers: 32
Drafters: 17
Engravers: 21
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 13
Glaziers: 27
Inlayers: 26
Musicians: 77
Painters, Art: 13
Playwrights: 29
Sculptors, Art: 23
Wood Carvers: 96
Writers: 96

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 100
Canners: 81
Cheesmakers: 90
Ice Merchants: 12
Millers: 51
Picklers: 50
Smokers: 34
Stockmakers: 29
Tobacconists: 42
Tallowmakers: 61

10266 of Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

15387 of Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1350 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ is surrounded by dangerous terrain: miasmatic swamps, perilous crevasses, radioactive badlands, a pocket of or some other harmful topography. Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ might prefer the defensive potential of the terrain here, or have found a precious resource worth the danger. The terrain might have formed at some time since the founding, with the citizens struggling to make terms with the new danger.

Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a dragon and brought its hoard to Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ, where it was shared with all. One of Meyîhà Iri Kâchyâ's festivals remembers the hero.