Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm (Shmíh /dej̼/ [flake] [compassion; sympathy]) is a subtropical City located in the Vātuchàjù Region of the Tetburland.

The name Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm is derived from the Goblin language, as Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm was founded by Adelen, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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). Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm receives an average of 290 cm/y (114 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm covers an area of nearly 37 km² (14 mi²), and an average elevation of 1796 m (5892 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1130, by Adelen. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm is no diffrent. The city'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.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm is buildings are speckled and packed arround narrow packed earth streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city 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.

A quick look in any direction shows Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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.

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

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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 City. Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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 Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

In Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm 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 Kamadan near Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves line dance to channel Augury energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

3246 of Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 177 work in Agriculture
• 743 work as Craftsmen
• 267 work as Merchants
• 493 work as Service Workers
• 328 work as General Laborers
• 132 work as Skilled Laborers
• 473 work as Civil Servants
• 283 work in Cottage Industries
• 176 work as Artists
• 174 work in Produce Industries

4849 of Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 703 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

POI

History

The the a corset of Invocation, an a corset imbued with notable amounts of Invocation energies was created near Shmíhdey̼ Gíhm by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History