Sèm Băm Birěkhka

Sèm Băm Birěkhka (/sɤm/ /bə̝m/ [silly; absurd] [cone]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Honaopi Zone, Ot-61esìb District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Sèm Băm Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Sèm Băm Birěkhka was founded by Grothnah Glèbrë, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Sèm Băm Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 20°C (68°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Sèm Băm Birěkhka receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Sèm Băm Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1390 m (4560 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sèm Băm Birěkhka was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1375, by Grothnah Glèbrë. The establishment of Sèm Băm Birěkhka was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Grothnah Glèbrë electing to pay people to resettle in Sèm Băm Birěkhka.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sèm Băm Birěkhka is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka is buildings are built arround a single narrow baked earthen mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. Unfortuantly, these cost-cutting-focused defences are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Sèm Băm Birěkhka 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 Sèm Băm Birěkhka. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Sèm Băm Birěkhka's parks.

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

Sèm Băm 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.

Sèm Băm 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.

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

Sèm Băm Birěkhka 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 Town. Sèm Băm Birěkhka's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka 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 Sèm Băm Birěkhka's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sèm Băm 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.

Sèm Băm 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

Sèm Băm Birěkhka's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

In Sèm Băm Birěkhka there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Ovinnik near Sèm Băm Birěkhka are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves drinking to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

501 of Sèm Băm Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 30 work in Agriculture
• 111 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 83 work as Service Workers
• 51 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 73 work as Civil Servants
• 45 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

967 of Sèm Băm Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 77 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Sèm Băm Birěkhka is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

Sèm Băm Birěkhka is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century was struck by a great wind storm. A great funnel cloud itself touched down in Sèm Băm Birěkhka, bringing twisting winds which killed 125 people, 189 livestock, and 54 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is generally remembered as the Howling Winds of Terror.

History