Ststànè Gíhm

Ststànè Gíhm (Ststà /nɛ/ [liberty] [idea; concept; theme; motif; chorus]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Eyj̼íhrriq Region of the Tetburland.

The name Ststànè Gíhm is derived from the Sylvin language, as Ststànè Gíhm was founded by Celenil, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Ststànè Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Ststànè Gíhm receives an average of 255 cm/y (100 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Ststànè Gíhm covers an area of nearly 95 km² (38 mi²), and an average elevation of 5742 m (18838 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ststànè Gíhm was founded durring the early 15th century in summer of the year 1401, by Celenil. The establishment of Ststànè Gíhm was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Celenil electing to pay people to resettle in Ststànè Gíhm.

Ststànè Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ststànè 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.

Ststànè Gíhm is buildings are arranged within a network of crampt cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Ststànè Gíhm's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. The city's budget oriented have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Even the most brief look arround Ststànè Gíhm has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The city is most certainly a god fearing community. It’s also definitely a god loving community. THe streetcornors are occupied by preachers, with the occasional intersection playing host to an actually friendly debate relating to the merits of various gods. Even the less popular as well as the less politically loved gods seem to have a space in Ststànè Gíhm, there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.

Civic Infrastructure

Ststànè Gíhm possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Ststànè 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.

Ststànè 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.

Ststànè 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.

Ststànè 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.

Ststànè 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.

Ststànè 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.

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

Ststànè Gíhm has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Ststànè 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 Large City. Ststànè Gíhm's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

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

Ststànè Gíhm has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Ststànè Gíhm has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Ststànè 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 Ststànè Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ststànè 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.

Ststànè 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.

Ststànè 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

Ststànè Gíhm's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Ststànè Gíhm most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Ahlinni near Ststànè Gíhm are known to be quite timid.

Ststànè Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves line dance to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via divine sermons.

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.

Ststànè Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

8525 of Ststànè Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 469 work in Agriculture
• 1910 work as Craftsmen
• 702 work as Merchants
• 1326 work as Service Workers
• 856 work as General Laborers
• 349 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1260 work as Civil Servants
• 746 work in Cottage Industries
• 463 work as Artists
• 444 work in Produce Industries

12189 of Ststànè Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1801 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ststànè Gíhm produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Ststànè Gíhm makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. One of Ststànè Gíhm's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History