Yěz Zis Birěkhka

Yěz Zis Birěkhka (/jɛz/ /zis/ [dark] [match (for fire)]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Ahalora Parish, Dewlǐq District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Yěz Zis Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Yěz Zis Birěkhka was founded by Xs-768c 'Frost' Gadshèdsm, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Yěz Zis Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 33°C (91°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 38°C (100°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 29°C (84°F). Yěz Zis Birěkhka receives an average of 244 cm/y (96 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Yěz Zis Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 11798 m (-4242 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Yěz Zis Birěkhka was founded durring the late 15th century in summer of the year 1398, by Xs-768c 'Frost' Gadshèdsm. The establishment of Yěz Zis Birěkhka suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Yěz Zis Birěkhka which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Yěz Zis Birěkhka is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka is is constructed arround a series of crampt gravel mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Yěz Zis Birěkhka's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The town's top tier civilian fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Yěz Zis Birěkhka, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This town certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

Yěz Zis Birěkhka 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 Yěz Zis Birěkhka. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Yěz Zis Birěkhka's parks.

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

Yěz Zis Birěkhka 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.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka 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.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka 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.

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

Yěz Zis Birěkhka 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 Yěz Zis Birěkhka's natural decorations nor waterways.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka 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.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Yěz Zis Birěkhka.

The Caypup near Yěz Zis Birěkhka are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves reenactments to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 via oath swearing.

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.

Yěz Zis Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

490 of Yěz Zis Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 112 work as Craftsmen
• 37 work as Merchants
• 85 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

920 of Yěz Zis Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 106 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Yěz Zis Birěkhka was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Yěz Zis Birěkhka. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Yěz Zis Birěkhka lost 224 people, 305 livestock, and 87 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 69, when members of Yěz Zis Birěkhka's militia enacted an operation to recruit a specific noble. The operation was complicated by an outbreak of plague which struck the ranks, killing many and laying low many more. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the fortification, which ended in victory for Yěz Zis Birěkhka's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Yěz Zis Birěkhka's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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