Wæm Bodni Rì

Wæm Bodni Rì (/ˈbodni/ /rɨ/ [big; great (very large); huge; heavy; popular] [king; emperor]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Quzipunabu Hold, Ěslorvogwin District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Bodni Rì is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Bodni Rì was founded by Pa-73y 'TOM 5' Trêyë, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Bodni Rì has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Wæm Bodni Rì receives an average of 211 cm/y (83 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Wæm Bodni Rì covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 6454 m (21174 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Bodni Rì was founded durring the early 11th century, by Pa-73y 'TOM 5' Trêyë. The establishment of Wæm Bodni Rì was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Pa-73y 'TOM 5' Trêyë electing to pay people to resettle in Wæm Bodni Rì.

Wæm Bodni Rì was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Bodni Rì 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.

Wæm Bodni Rì is buildings are arranged within a network of premissive flagstone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Wæm Bodni Rì's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. Astonishigly, the political statment focused walls are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Right off the bat Wæm Bodni Rì hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Wæm Bodni Rì 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.

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

Wæm Bodni Rì 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.

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

Wæm Bodni Rì has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Wæm Bodni Rì 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.

Cultural Notes

Wæm Bodni Rì's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Wæm Bodni Rì tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Ifrit near Wæm Bodni Rì are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Wæm Bodni Rì's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves reenactments to channel Invocation energies of tier 1 via proclamations.

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.

Wæm Bodni Rì Census Data: Year 2000

266 of Wæm Bodni Rì's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 57 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 43 work as Service Workers
• 25 work as General Laborers
• 7 work as Skilled Laborers
• 44 work as Civil Servants
• 25 work in Cottage Industries
• 10 work as Artists
• 14 work in Produce Industries

605 of Wæm Bodni Rì's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 65 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Bodni Rì was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

Due to a magical anomaly, Wæm Bodni Rì is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Wæm Bodni Rì was attacked by savage tribes living nearby Wæm Bodni Rì. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Wæm Bodni Rì lost 114 people, 387 livestock, and 32 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 90, when members of Wæm Bodni Rì's militia enacted an operation to defend a particular faction leader, and ensure they remain out of enemy hands. The operation was complicated by aggravated civilians, who cause problems for the militia for a host of reasons. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in victory for Wæm Bodni Rì's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Wæm Bodni Rì's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History