Odíhg Tstshùm

Odíhg Tstshùm (Tstsh /ʊm/ [grass; lawn] [public]) is a subtropical Town located in the Vātuchàjù Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Odíhg Tstshùm is derived from the Tauric language, as Odíhg Tstshùm was founded by Manon Wynney, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Odíhg Tstshùm has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Odíhg Tstshùm receives an average of 290 cm/y (114 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Odíhg Tstshùm covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3110 m (10203 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Odíhg Tstshùm was founded durring the late 17th century in late fall of the year 1582, by Manon Wynney. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Odíhg Tstshùm was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Odíhg Tstshùm 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 Tstshùm is buildings are arranged arround a single premissive split-log ties mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The exceptionaly well made fortifications 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 Tstshùm, 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 divine, 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 divine. Asside form the revrent worship, you can see the citizens are preparing for something, and that something isn’t good. Weapons are worn openly. Defensive structures have been recently constructed to guard less used areas of the town. Merchants seem very eager to sell their wares at discount prices. Something is coming.

Civic Infrastructure

Odíhg Tstshùm 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 Odíhg Tstshùm. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Odíhg Tstshùm's parks.

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

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

Odíhg Tstshùm 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 Odíhg Tstshùm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Odíhg Tstshùm 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.

Odíhg Tstshùm 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

Odíhg Tstshùm's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Odíhg Tstshùm sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Human Juju Zombie near Odíhg Tstshùm are known to be quite timid.

Odíhg Tstshùm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves reenactments to channel Chronomancy 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.

Odíhg Tstshùm Census Data: Year 2000

455 of Odíhg Tstshùm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 29 work in Agriculture
• 100 work as Craftsmen
• 35 work as Merchants
• 73 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 68 work as Civil Servants
• 41 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

922 of Odíhg Tstshùm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 72 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Odíhg Tstshùm is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Due to a magical anomaly, Odíhg Tstshùm is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

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