Odíhg Sishtom

Odíhg Sishtom (/siʃ/ /tom/ [charcoal; fuel] [imminent; pending]) is a subtropical Town located in the Eyj̼íhrriq Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Odíhg Sishtom is derived from the Tauric language, as Odíhg Sishtom was founded by Ca̋chīb Vúchvé̄ 'Hex Dixon' Sénḱ Mē̄ Cā́chvō̋ Pritchards, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Odíhg Sishtom has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Odíhg Sishtom receives an average of 69 cm/y (27 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Odíhg Sishtom covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3066 m (10059 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Odíhg Sishtom was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1210, by Ca̋chīb Vúchvé̄ 'Hex Dixon' Sénḱ Mē̄ Cā́chvō̋ Pritchards. The establishment of Odíhg Sishtom was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Ca̋chīb Vúchvé̄ 'Hex Dixon' Sénḱ Mē̄ Cā́chvō̋ Pritchards electing to pay people to resettle in Odíhg Sishtom.

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

Odíhg Sishtom is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow flagstone streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The peasent-grade 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Odíhg Sishtom, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its god. More than it loves wealth. The town is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in Odíhg Sishtom.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Odíhg Sishtom 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.

Odíhg Sishtom 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.

Odíhg Sishtom 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.

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

Odíhg Sishtom possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

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

Odíhg Sishtom 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

Odíhg Sishtom has a long tradition of martial expertise. This may be a crisply-organized history of skilled native levies, or it may be a natural belligerence in the people that leaves them familiar with bloodshed. While their neighbors and liege doubtless respect their talents, this very aptitude might make them more willing to turn to steel than prudence would advise.

Odíhg Sishtom's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Odíhg Sishtom all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

The Herd Animal, Stag near Odíhg Sishtom are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Odíhg Sishtom's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Odíhg Sishtom Census Data: Year 2000

317 of Odíhg Sishtom's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 71 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 50 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 47 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

687 of Odíhg Sishtom's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 52 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Odíhg Sishtom is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

The the a cup of Abjuration, an a cup imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created near Odíhg Si̊shiēam by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History