Saggi̊q Se

Saggi̊q Se (/sag/ /gi̘q/ [program] [amber]) is a subtropical Town located in the Bombuqíh Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Saggi̊q Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Saggi̊q Se was founded by Jayden Làkocà, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Saggi̊q Se 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). Saggi̊q Se receives an average of 115 cm/y (45 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Saggi̊q Se covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3556 m (11666 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Saggi̊q Se was founded durring the late 12th century in spring of the year 1058, by Jayden Làkocà. The establishment of Saggi̊q Se was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Jayden Làkocà struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Saggi̊q Se as a prison colony.

Saggi̊q Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Saggi̊q Se 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.

Saggi̊q Se is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious flagstone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond 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. Saggi̊q Se's millitarily questionable fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

A look around Saggi̊q Se shows Saggi̊q Se as a den of corruption. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is. The town has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Saggi̊q Se places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Saggi̊q Se 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.

Saggi̊q Se 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.

Saggi̊q Se 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.

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

Saggi̊q Se 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 Town. Saggi̊q Se's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Saggi̊q Se's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Saggi̊q Se 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Saggi̊q Se they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Saggi̊q Se's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Saggi̊q Se every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Ghoul near Saggi̊q Se are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Saggi̊q Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via moments of science.

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.

Saggi̊q Se Census Data: Year 2000

399 of Saggi̊q Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 87 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 39 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 59 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

876 of Saggi̊q Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 26 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Saggi̊q Se's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century an unusualy harsh winter spawned a deadly blizard to Saggi̊q Se. The ice, snow, and wind killed 211 people, 390 livestock, and destroyed 25. The event is remembered as Loss's Breath.

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