Mæra Dûchû Mîze

Mæra Dûchû Mîze (/ˈlæji/ /ˈdʊʧʊ/ [elusive] [coal]) is a temperate Small Town located in Rockmont Dutchy, Kàrû S̺æchyæ Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Mæra Dûchû Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Mæra Dûchû Mîze was founded by Lumbiel Trîpí, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Mæra Dûchû Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 14°C (57°F). Mæra Dûchû Mîze receives an average of 212 cm/y (83 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Mæra Dûchû Mîze covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 556 m (1824 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mæra Dûchû Mîze was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1207, by Lumbiel Trîpí. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Mæra Dûchû Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mæra Dûchû Mîze is no diffrent. The town'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.

Mæra Dûchû Mîze is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive flagstone streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Mæra Dûchû Mîze. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them.

Civic Infrastructure

Mæra Dûchû Mîze has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Mæra Dûchû Mîze has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mæra Dûchû Mîze.

Mæra Dûchû Mîze 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.

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

Mæra Dûchû Mîze has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Mæra Dûchû Mîze 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

Mæra Dûchû Mîze's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Mæra Dûchû Mîze the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Ramidreju near Mæra Dûchû Mîze are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Mæra Dûchû Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via 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.

Mæra Dûchû Mîze Census Data: Year 2000

283 of Mæra Dûchû Mîze's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 60 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 47 work as Service Workers
• 28 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 41 work as Civil Servants
• 28 work in Cottage Industries
• 12 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

621 of Mæra Dûchû Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 67 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mæra Dûchû Mîze is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of secured a clean water supply for . The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History