Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya (/ˈvisa/ /ˈduʧu̽/ [middle] [mattress]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Lakâ Kâzi Principality of the Kakoray.

The name Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya is derived from the Goblin language, as Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya was founded by Seletela, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 9°C (48°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -6°C (22°F). Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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. Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya covers an area of nearly 181 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 4798 m (15741 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya was founded durring the early 14th century in fall of the year 1302, by Seletela. The establishment of Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Seletela struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya as a prison colony.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brick construction taking the shape of large simple gemometric shapes which ate then embelished with decorative features, but retain their simple shapes in spite of the added features such as pillars, faccaddes, and covered walkways. The blocky nature gives a general impression of extreem age, as if each structure has existed since time immemorial.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya is buildings are built arround a single crampt paverstone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. 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. Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's millitarily questionable fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look arround Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya reveals an abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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 Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's parks.

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

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

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

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

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

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

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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. Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

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

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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 Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya 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.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Psychofant near Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya are known to be quite timid.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves bloodletting to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

16042 of Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 878 work in Agriculture
• 3690 work as Craftsmen
• 1295 work as Merchants
• 2398 work as Service Workers
• 1634 work as General Laborers
• 668 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2343 work as Civil Servants
• 1394 work in Cottage Industries
• 885 work as Artists
• 857 work in Produce Industries

25059 of Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1712 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

The the a crop of Illusion, an a crop imbued with great amounts of Illusion energies was created near Visa Duchu̽ Gûchya by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History