Vûha Vâchû Mudâ

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ (/joːk/ /ˈvɑʧʊ/ [tight; narrow] [permission]) is a subtropical Large City located in Bæhûgi Qàdæ Kingdom, Tenpethisia County, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Vûha Vâchû Mudâ is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Vûha Vâchû Mudâ was founded by Saelheneb, who was culturaly Warrenese.

Climate

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 19°C (66°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Vûha Vâchû Mudâ receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Vûha Vâchû Mudâ covers an area of nearly 419 km² (167 mi²), and an average elevation of 1518 m (4980 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1284, by Saelheneb. The establishment of Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ was built using the conventions of Warrenese durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vûha Vâchû Mudâ is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive paverstone 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 city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Vûha Vâchû Mudâ, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The city's Relic of the World That Was 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 city.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ has the unmistakable air of a city 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 Vûha Vâchû Mudâ ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. The people are clearly worried about something, and everyone is either wearing a weapon or has one close at hand. Your gut tells you it’s not mere fate which has caused this town to begin failing...

Civic Infrastructure

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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 Vûha Vâchû Mudâ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's parks.

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

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

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

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

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

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

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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. Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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 Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ 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

The locals are convinced that there is some terrible threat against them working from within their society. It may be a matter of dark sorcerers, foreign spies, traitorous neighbors, shape shifting monsters, or some other hidden evil. This evil may be a recent fear, or it may be an inherited peril they’ve always had to guard against. The danger itself may or may not exist, or if it exists it may not justify the steps being taken.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

In Vûha Vâchû Mudâ vermin leave small tokens in payment for food taken.

The Mud Elemental, Large near Vûha Vâchû Mudâ are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves bloodletting to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ Census Data: Year 2000

37760 of Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1984 work in Agriculture
• 8806 work as Craftsmen
• 3091 work as Merchants
• 5566 work as Service Workers
• 3715 work as General Laborers
• 1585 work as Skilled Laborers
• 5683 work as Civil Servants
• 3225 work in Cottage Industries
• 2114 work as Artists
• 1991 work in Produce Industries

58279 of Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2970 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Vûha Vâchû Mudâ was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Vûha Vâchû Mudâ lost 276 people, 126 livestock, and 91 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 67, when members of Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's militia enacted an operation to recruit a particular special forces group. The operation was complicated by major logistical problems. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a crushing defeat for Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Vûha Vâchû Mudâ's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History