Umhuy̼ Se

Umhuy̼ Se (/um/ /huj̼/ [stump; root] [holy; sacred]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Highcliff Dutchy, Dànà Dûchû Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Umhuy̼ Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Umhuy̼ Se was founded by Dyême Sheg̈m Jenner, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Umhuy̼ Se 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). Umhuy̼ Se receives an average of 198 cm/y (77 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Umhuy̼ Se covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 840 m (2755 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Umhuy̼ Se was founded durring the early 16th century in summer of the year 1514, by Dyême Sheg̈m Jenner. The establishment of Umhuy̼ Se was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Umhuy̼ Se's construction back out of the project. Dyême Sheg̈m Jenner pushed on reguardles, and Umhuy̼ Se was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Umhuy̼ Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Umhuy̼ Se is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Umhuy̼ Se is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive baked earthen 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 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. Umhuy̼ Se's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. Unfortuantly, these top tier civilian fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Even the most brief look arround Umhuy̼ Se has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The town 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 Umhuy̼ Se, there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Umhuy̼ 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.

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

Umhuy̼ 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.

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

Umhuy̼ Se has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Umhuy̼ 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 Large Town. Umhuy̼ Se's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

Umhuy̼ Se 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 Umhuy̼ Se's natural decorations nor waterways.

Umhuy̼ Se 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.

Umhuy̼ 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.

Umhuy̼ Se 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

Umhuy̼ Se's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Umhuy̼ Se.

The Spider, Assassin (Giant) near Umhuy̼ Se are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Umhuy̼ Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via throat chanting.

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.

Umhuy̼ Se Census Data: Year 2000

527 of Umhuy̼ Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 119 work as Craftsmen
• 44 work as Merchants
• 85 work as Service Workers
• 52 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 74 work as Civil Servants
• 48 work in Cottage Industries
• 26 work as Artists
• 29 work in Produce Industries

1013 of Umhuy̼ Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 81 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Umhuy̼ Se is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

The roads leading into Umhuy̼ Se possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Umhuy̼ Se, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Umhuy̼ Se lost 143 people, 121 livestock, and 88 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Calamity Rain.

History