Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka (/qiv/ /ˈmæziq/ [poor] [crate]) is a temperate Town located in Mijujiaoyi Zone, Wækwìilbu District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka was founded by Br-94b 'Zat' Zêpî, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 35°C (95°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka receives an average of 184 cm/y (72 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 13496 m (1328 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka was founded durring the early 15th century in winter of the year 1418, by Br-94b 'Zat' Zêpî. The establishment of Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Br-94b 'Zat' Zêpî electing to pay people to resettle in Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka.

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka 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.

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt paverstone streets which form hexical 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 the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The town's top tier civilian fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka. 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

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

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

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka 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.

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka 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.

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

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

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

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

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka 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.

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka 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

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

In Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Assassin Bug, Great near Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves orgies to channel Invocation 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.

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

387 of Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 86 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

812 of Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 90 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

Due to a magical anomaly, Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka 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

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka suffered the most. Qiv Mæziq Birěkhka lost 207 people, 198 livestock, and 87 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Anguish.

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