Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka (/ˈwɪgfæ/ /ˈʤə̝xka/ [healthy] [choice]) is a subtropical Town located in Trukijizae Zone, Khǐnèzhog District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka was founded by Ch́atsi Èbmesîpí, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°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 10°C (50°F). Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka receives an average of 222 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1592 m (5223 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka was founded durring the early 11th century, by Ch́atsi Èbmesîpí. The establishment of Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ch́atsi Èbmesîpí struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka as a prison colony.

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature stone brick construction with most buildings posessing towers, turrets, dormers, and wide wrap-around porches. An extreem emphasis on decorative features and emblishments can be seen even on the poorest of homes and makes even the most humble of structures seem a bit regal.

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka is is constructed arround a series of premissive worn bedrock mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The town's would-be-castle fortifications 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 Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka’s streets. A look around Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scutteling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s everything together. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka 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 Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

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

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

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

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka 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 Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka the water is caffeinated.

The Anhana near Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via mimery.

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 Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka Census Data: Year 2000

347 of Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 73 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 53 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

725 of Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 93 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami spared the town from an attack. One of Wæm Wǐgfæ Jĭăkhka's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History