Town: Vumû Bàdo Mîze

Vumû Bàdo Mîze
Example Wareneese architecture.

State	Warrenese Shogunate
Provence	Àsu̹ Ûyu̹ Empire
Sub Provence	Trasurampamla Zone
Region	Noia Mul Forest
Founded	1092
Community Leader	Laird Zhihl Shèqthêv Glëgfeg̈m
Area	6 km² (2 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	7°C (44°F)
Average Elevation	1088 m (3569 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	235 cm/y (92 in/y)
Population	1437
Population Density	239 people per km² (718 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Necromancy
Naming
Native name	Vumû Bàdo Mîze
Pronunciation	/ce/ /ˈbədo/
Direct Translation	[silver] [ink]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

The name Vumû Bàdo Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Vumû Bàdo Mîze was founded by Zhihl Shèqthêv, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Vumû Bàdo Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 7°C (44°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 10°C (50°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Vumû Bàdo Mîze receives an average of 235 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vumû Bàdo Mîze covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1088 m (3569 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vumû Bàdo Mîze was founded durring the late 12th century in winter of the year 1092, by Zhihl Shèqthêv. The establishment of Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vumû Bàdo Mîze is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze is buildings are located arround a single narrow cobblestone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Vumû Bàdo Mîze's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the town's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. The town's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall 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 town.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Vumû Bàdo Mîze ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. On top of this is an unmistakable feeling that Vumû Bàdo Mîze is in this condition because there is something terribly wrong with the town. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine which makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Vumû Bàdo Mîze long.

Civic Infrastructure

Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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 Vumû Bàdo Mîze. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vumû Bàdo Mîze's parks.

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

Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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.

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

Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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 Vumû Bàdo Mîze's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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

Vumû Bàdo Mîze's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Vumû Bàdo Mîze hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Sasquatch near Vumû Bàdo Mîze are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Vumû Bàdo Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves gestures to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 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: 2
Farmers: 4
Farm Laborer: 8
Hunters: 4
Milk Maids: 3
Ranchers: 1
Ranch Hands: 4
Shepherds: 3

Farmland: 5805 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 359
Poultry: 4311
Swine: 287
Sheep: 14
Goats: 2
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 143

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 3
Blacksmiths: 3
Bookbinders: 1
Buckle-makers: 1
Cabinetmakers: 3
Candlemakers: 5
Carpenters: 4
Clothmakers: 3
Coach and Harness Makers: 1
Coopers: 3
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
Copyists: 1
Cutlers: 1
Fabricworkers: 3
Farrier: 10
Glassworkers: 4
Gunsmiths: 3
Harness-Makers: 1
Hatters: 2
Hosiery Workers: 1
Jewelers: 1
Leatherwrights: 3
Locksmiths: 1
Matchstick makers: 2
Musical Instrument Makers: 1
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Paper Workers: 2
Plasterers: 2
Pursemakers: 2
Roofers: 1
Ropemakers: 1
Rugmakers: 1
Saddlers: 2
Scabbardmakers: 3
Scalemakers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Shoemakers: 1
Soap and Tallow Workers: 4
Tailors: 6
Tanners: 1
Upholsterers: 2
Watchmakers: 1
Weavers: 3
Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 1
Booksellers: 2
Butchers: 3
Chandlers: 3
Chicken Butchers: 3
Entrepreneurs: 1
Fine Clothiers: 3
Fishmongers: 3
Potion Sellers: 2
Resellers: 6
Spice Merchants: 1
Wine-sellers: 2
Wheelwright: 2
Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

Bakers: 6
Barbers: 5
Coachmen: 2
Cooks: 5
Doctors: 3
Gamekeepers: 2
Grooms: 1
Hairdressers: 4
Healers: 4
Housekeepers: 4
Housemaids: 6
House Stewards: 3
Inns: 1
Laundry maids: 2
Maidservants: 4
Nursery Maids: 2
Pastrycooks: 4
Restaurateur: 5
Tavern Keepers: 6

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 1
Bleachers: 1
Coal Heavers: 2
In-Town Couriers: 3
Long Haul Couriers: 3
Dockyard Workers: 2
Hay Merchants: 1
Leech Collectors: 3
Millers: 3
Miners: 3
Oilmen and Polishers: 2
Postmen: 3
Pure Finder: 1
Skinners: 4
Tosher: 2
Warehousemen: 5
Watercarriers: 3
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 4

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 1
Alchemist: 2
Clerk: 2
Dentists: 1
Educators: 3
Engineers: 1
Gardeners: 1
Mages: 1
Plumbers: 1
Pharmacist: 1
Scientists: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 1
Bankers: 1
Civil Clerks: 3
Civic Iudex: 1
Exorcist: 3
Fixers: 1
Kami Clerk: 2
Landlords: 2
Lawyers: 1
Legend Keepers: 2
Militia Officers: 14
Monks, Monastic: 4
Monks, Civic: 4
Historian, Oral: 3
Historian, Textual: 1
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 2
Priests: 5
Rangers: 1
Rat Catchers: 2
Scholars: 2
Spiritualist: 2
Storytellers: 5
Military Officers: 4

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 4
Comfort Services: 5
Enchanters: 1
Herbalists: 1
Jaminators: 4
Needleworkers: 4
Potters: 2
Preserve Makers: 4
Quilters: 2
Seamsters: 7
Spinners: 3
Tinker: 1
Weaver: 3

Artists

Actors: 1
Bards: 2
Dancers: 1
Engravers: 1
Glaziers: 1
Inlayers: 1
Musicians: 4
Playwrights: 1
Sculptors, Art: 1
Wood Carvers: 4
Writers: 4

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 5
Canners: 3
Cheesmakers: 4
Millers: 2
Picklers: 2
Smokers: 1
Stockmakers: 1
Tobacconists: 2
Tallowmakers: 3

940 of Vumû Bàdo Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 57 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Vumû Bàdo Mîze 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

Vumû Bàdo Mîze is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Vumû Bàdo Mîze was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Vumû Bàdo Mîze. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Vumû Bàdo Mîze lost 243 people, 283 livestock, and 30 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 218, when members of Vumû Bàdo Mîze's militia enacted an operation to patrol a specific area to dissuade the enemy from their current activities. The operation was complicated by the enemy forces had far more numbers than estimated. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Vumû Bàdo Mîze's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Vumû Bàdo Mîze's bards, historians, and legend keepers.