City: Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ
Example Rattu architecture.

State	Saborri
Provence	Glikérád Principality
Region	Schyröd-drö Forest
Founded	1505
Community Leader	Lord Vilwiel
Area	43 km² (17 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	6°C (42°F)
Average Elevation	2030 m (6660 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	274 cm/y (107 in/y)
Population	10257
Population Density	238 people per km² (603 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Truename Magic
Naming
Native name	Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ
Pronunciation	/vɪːˈjɑlə/ /ˈhʊli/
Direct Translation	[absent] [rebel; guerrilla]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ (/vɪːˈjɑlə/ /ˈhʊli/ [absent] [rebel; guerrilla]) is a subtropical City located in the Glikérád Principality of the Saborri.

The name Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ is derived from the Sylvin language, as Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ was founded by Ůhi̊h́, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 20°C (68°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -8°C (18°F). Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ covers an area of nearly 43 km² (17 mi²), and an average elevation of 2030 m (6660 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ was founded durring the early 16th century in winter of the year 1505, by Ůhi̊h́. The establishment of Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ is no diffrent. The city'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.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ is buildings have been located at convienant points along the rivers Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the restrictive gravel streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The city is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Unfortuantly, these frontieer-style defences are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ’s streets. Yet, deep down, you know this atmosphere is a carefully created illusion. You can see the ocasional seam in their tapestry. You’re not sure what has them doing their best to act so carefree, but act carefree they do.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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 Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's parks.

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

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

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

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

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

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

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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. Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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 Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves square dance to channel Abjuration 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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 19
Farmers: 27
Farm Laborer: 53
Hunters: 34
Milk Maids: 26
Ranchers: 13
Ranch Hands: 25
Shepherds: 25

Farmland: 41848 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 2564
Poultry: 30771
Swine: 2051
Sheep: 102
Goats: 20
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 1025

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 20
Blacksmiths: 21
Bookbinders: 13
Buckle-makers: 14
Cabinetmakers: 22
Candlemakers: 37
Carpenters: 37
Clothmakers: 28
Coach and Harness Makers: 11
Coopers: 25
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 14
Copyists: 10
Cutlers: 8
Fabricworkers: 21
Farrier: 66
Furriers: 6
Glassworkers: 37
Gunsmiths: 20
Harness-Makers: 9
Hatters: 18
Hosiery Workers: 7
Jewelers: 11
Leatherwrights: 23
Locksmiths: 10
Matchstick makers: 15
Musical Instrument Makers: 14
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 13
Paper Workers: 14
Plasterers: 13
Pursemakers: 16
Roofers: 10
Ropemakers: 10
Rugmakers: 9
Saddlers: 18
Scabbardmakers: 22
Scalemakers: 11
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 6
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 9
Shoemakers: 9
Soap and Tallow Workers: 37
Tailors: 50
Tanners: 13
Upholsterers: 15
Watchmakers: 13
Weavers: 27
Whitesmiths: 8

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 6
Arcana Sellers: 7
Beer-Sellers: 14
Booksellers: 15
Butchers: 25
Chandlers: 25
Chicken Butchers: 27
Entrepreneurs: 10
Fine Clothiers: 29
Fishmongers: 28
Florists: 6
Potion Sellers: 17
Resellers: 51
Spice Merchants: 14
Wine-sellers: 20
Wheelwright: 16
Woodsellers: 10

Service workers

Bakers: 53
Barbers: 58
Coachmen: 14
Cooks: 44
Doctors: 21
Gamekeepers: 15
Grooms: 8
Hairdressers: 34
Healers: 27
Housekeepers: 29
Housemaids: 53
House Stewards: 35
Inns: 10
Laundry maids: 18
Maidservants: 33
Nursery Maids: 18
Pastrycooks: 33
Restaurateur: 41
Tavern Keepers: 44

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 14
Bleachers: 9
Chemical Workers: 5
Coal Heavers: 20
In-Town Couriers: 23
Long Haul Couriers: 22
Dockyard Workers: 20
Gas Workers: 5
Hay Merchants: 8
Leech Collectors: 29
Millers: 22
Miners: 22
Oilmen and Polishers: 16
Postmen: 23
Pure Finder: 12
Skinners: 28
Sugar Refiners: 5
Tosher: 15
Warehousemen: 30
Watercarriers: 23
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 31

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 12
Alchemist: 15
Clerk: 21
Dentists: 10
Educators: 25
Engineers: 14
Gardeners: 10
Mages: 7
Plumbers: 11
Pharmacist: 12
Professors: 4
Scientists: 7
Wizards: 4

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 9
Bankers: 13
Civil Clerks: 25
Civic Iudex: 11
Consultants: 6
Exorcist: 25
Fixers: 11
Kami Clerk: 20
Landlords: 20
Lawyers: 13
Legend Keepers: 17
Militia Officers: 102
Monks, Monastic: 32
Monks, Civic: 32
Historian, Oral: 22
Historian, Textual: 11
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 22
Priests: 48
Rangers: 13
Rat Catchers: 16
Scholars: 16
Spiritualist: 18
Slayers: 5
Storytellers: 41
Military Officers: 33

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 31
Comfort Services: 34
Enchanters: 11
Herbalists: 11
Jaminators: 29
Needleworkers: 32
Potters: 17
Preserve Makers: 28
Quilters: 14
Seamsters: 51
Spinners: 28
Tinker: 11
Weaver: 25

Artists

Actors: 11
Architects: 4
Bards: 16
Costumers: 6
Dancers: 12
Drafters: 6
Engravers: 8
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 4
Glaziers: 11
Inlayers: 9
Musicians: 31
Painters, Art: 5
Playwrights: 10
Sculptors, Art: 8
Wood Carvers: 34
Writers: 35

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 37
Canners: 32
Cheesmakers: 39
Ice Merchants: 4
Millers: 20
Picklers: 17
Smokers: 13
Stockmakers: 11
Tobacconists: 16
Tallowmakers: 23

3810 of Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

6037 of Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 410 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

The roads leading into Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ 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.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami ended a drought plaguing Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ. One of Vârà Hûli Kâchyâ's local festivals commemorates this miracle.