Mokkō-i̽d Med

Mokkō-i̽d Med (/ˈmokkoː/ /i̽d/ [civilian] [embassy]) is a subtropical Large City located in Okbi̽fyed Parish, Vaajha Deanery, within the Covenent of Irus.

The name Mokkō-i̽d Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Mokkō-i̽d Med was founded by Daw̄ Hāónvë̂ 'Kiki Nadia' Ha̋chvēsh Goī̄s Rä̋mp̪f̄ Shuzoreth, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Mokkō-i̽d Med has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Mokkō-i̽d Med receives an average of 182 cm/y (71 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Mokkō-i̽d Med covers an area of nearly 528 km² (211 mi²), and an average elevation of 7076 m (-19734 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mokkō-i̽d Med was founded durring the early 17th century in late fall of the year 1625, by Daw̄ Hāónvë̂ 'Kiki Nadia' Ha̋chvēsh Goī̄s Rä̋mp̪f̄ Shuzoreth. The establishment of Mokkō-i̽d Med was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Daw̄ Hāónvë̂ 'Kiki Nadia' Ha̋chvēsh Goī̄s Rä̋mp̪f̄ Shuzoreth electing to pay people to resettle in Mokkō-i̽d Med.

Mokkō-i̽d Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive packed earth streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Mokkō-i̽d Med, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. Astonishigly, the Relic of the World That Was are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Mokkō-i̽d Med is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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 Mokkō-i̽d Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Mokkō-i̽d Med's parks.

Mokkō-i̽d Med has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mokkō-i̽d Med.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

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

Mokkō-i̽d Med has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

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

Mokkō-i̽d Med has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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. Mokkō-i̽d Med's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Mokkō-i̽d Med's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Mokkō-i̽d Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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 Mokkō-i̽d Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med 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

Mokkō-i̽d Med's garrison 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..

In Mokkō-i̽d Med there are no smells.

The Mud Elemental, Medium near Mokkō-i̽d Med are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mokkō-i̽d Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Charm energies of tier 3 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.

Mokkō-i̽d Med Census Data: Year 2000

47503 of Mokkō-i̽d Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2722 work in Agriculture
• 10381 work as Craftsmen
• 3811 work as Merchants
• 7079 work as Service Workers
• 4899 work as General Laborers
• 1938 work as Skilled Laborers
• 7187 work as Civil Servants
• 4324 work in Cottage Industries
• 2628 work as Artists
• 2534 work in Produce Industries

70178 of Mokkō-i̽d Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 7511 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mokkō-i̽d Med is remarkably well-fortified for a site of its size and role. Tall, stout walls, strong points inside the community, concentric defenses, a strategic terrain location, or a large body of standing troops might be present. Some threat is thought to exist that makes maintaining this fortification worthwhile, though it may come at a dear cost to the locals. The community’s suzerain may be uncomfortable with these defenses, as they could just as easily be used to defy the ruler.

Mokkō-i̽d Med is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a great storm brought so much rain to Mokkō-i̽d Med. The resulting flood was isolated to the area around Mokkō-i̽d Med, which was swallowed by the waters for several days. Mokkō-i̽d Med lost 187 people, 242 livestock, and 53 buildings in the disaster. The disaster is remembered as the Hate Drownings.

History