Wæm Wăsra Wăb

Wæm Wăsra Wăb (/ˈwə̝sra/ /wə̝b/ [angry; mad] [beverage]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Nd-27vděgdè Zone, Madraměvì District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Wăsra Wăb is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Wăsra Wăb was founded by Alyar Tregadsî, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Wăsra Wăb has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Wæm Wăsra Wăb receives an average of 273 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Wæm Wăsra Wăb covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1242 m (4074 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Wăsra Wăb was founded durring the early 11th century, by Alyar Tregadsî. The establishment of Wæm Wăsra Wăb was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Alyar Tregadsî electing to pay people to resettle in Wæm Wăsra Wăb.

Wæm Wăsra Wăb was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Wăsra Wăb is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Wæm Wăsra Wăb is is constructed arround a series of broad flagstone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Wæm Wăsra Wăb's size could have. The town's well-designed, yet cheep 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.

Wæm Wăsra Wăb 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 Wæm Wăsra Wăb ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Wæm Wăsra Wăb is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Wæm Wăsra Wăb was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Wæm Wăsra Wăb 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 Wăsra Wăb's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Wæm Wăsra Wăb's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Wæm Wăsra Wăb there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Blood Hawk near Wæm Wăsra Wăb are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Wæm Wăsra Wăb's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves drinking to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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 Wăsra Wăb Census Data: Year 2000

292 of Wæm Wăsra Wăb's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 60 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 47 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 9 work as Skilled Laborers
• 44 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

677 of Wæm Wăsra Wăb's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 29 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Wăsra Wăb makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

The the a suit of boiled leather armor of Enchantment, an a suit of boiled leather armor imbued with great amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Wæm Wăsra Wăb by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History