Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ (/vɪc/ /ˈvɛwwæ/ [local] [mug]) is a subtropical Town located in Meavepa Parish, Khikhèjĭhul District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ was founded by Fyeshê Tregese Tsmtho, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ has a yearly average temperature of 11°C (51°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 20°C (68°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 3°C (37°F). Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ receives an average of 277 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1198 m (3930 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ was founded durring the late 10th century, by Fyeshê Tregese Tsmtho. The establishment of Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Fyeshê Tregese Tsmtho electing to pay people to resettle in Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ.

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ 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 Vǐk Věwwæ is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt paverstone streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ's would-be-castle fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

A look around Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ makes you wonder how anything ever gets done. The locals have clear, obvious rivalries with one another, as seen through clenched teeth and fake smiles. What’s more, there is a serious lack of any organization and planning in Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ’s layout as well as the local’s behaviors. The town seems to be a den of chaos where tongues are forked and local customs do not exist.

Civic Infrastructure

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ 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 Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ's parks.

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

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ 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 Vǐk Věwwæ 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 Vǐk Věwwæ 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.

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

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ 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 Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ 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 Vǐk Věwwæ's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry in the general shape of its buildings. The decorative features of the style were key, consisting of large arched windows, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, flying buttresses, and sculptures integrated into the structure itself. Occasionally, for very important buildings, an array of sculptures or one colossal sculpture might replace the entirety of the entrance to said building.

In Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Beetle, Giant Stag near Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ are known to be quite timid.

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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 Vǐk Věwwæ Census Data: Year 2000

410 of Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 88 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 43 work as General Laborers
• 14 work as Skilled Laborers
• 55 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

833 of Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 79 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

The roads leading into Wæm Vǐk Věwwæ 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.

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History

The the a linnin gambeson of Enchantment, an a linnin gambeson imbued with great amounts of Enchantment energies was created near Wæm Vìf Ìwe by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

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