Wijqíh Se

Wijqíh Se (/wij/ /qɪ̞/ [merchandise] [large; huge]) is a subtropical Town located in Kobidizuz̄u County, Gàdāwù Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Wijqíh Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Wijqíh Se was founded by Zlîb Pughankland, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Wijqíh Se has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Wijqíh Se receives an average of 278 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Wijqíh Se covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5242 m (17198 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wijqíh Se was founded durring the late 15th century in summer of the year 1393, by Zlîb Pughankland. The establishment of Wijqíh Se was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Wijqíh Se's construction back out of the project. Zlîb Pughankland pushed on reguardles, and Wijqíh Se was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Wijqíh Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wijqíh Se is no diffrent. The town'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.

Wijqíh Se is is constructed arround a semi-circular restrictive cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The robustly designed timber walls has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Wijqíh Se 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 Wijqíh Se ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Even with that as it is, everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or much of both. The town should be gone, not dying. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Wijqíh 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.

Wijqíh 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.

Wijqíh Se 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.

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

Wijqíh 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 Wijqíh Se's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wijqíh 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.

Wijqíh 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

While Wijqíh Se has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Wijqíh Se's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Wijqíh Se every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Bumblebee, Giant Worker near Wijqíh Se are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Wijqíh Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Mysticism energies of tier 1 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.

Wijqíh Se Census Data: Year 2000

469 of Wijqíh Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 107 work as Craftsmen
• 35 work as Merchants
• 77 work as Service Workers
• 51 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 64 work as Civil Servants
• 45 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

954 of Wijqíh Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 74 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Wijqíh Se experienced an impossibly long, cold, and stormy winter unlike anything seen before. The worst of the disaster struck The storm coated everything in a thick layer of ice and freezing countless animals, plants, and people to death. Wijqíh Se lost 165 people, and 377 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Hate Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

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