Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm (/zɪ̞w/ /ˈbɪ̞zvən/ [luggage; baggage] [current]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Vātuchàjù Region of the Tetburland.

The name Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm is derived from the Goblin language, as Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm was founded by Êyèdsm, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm receives an average of 258 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm covers an area of nearly 204 km² (81 mi²), and an average elevation of 2232 m (7322 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1347, by Êyèdsm. The establishment of Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Êyèdsm struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm as a prison colony.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm is no diffrent. The city'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.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm is is constructed arround a series of narrow packed earth mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. The failry decent fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A quick look in any direction shows Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm 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 Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm's parks.

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

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm 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.

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

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

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm 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.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm 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.

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

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm possesses a Galvanic Power Grid, which brings galvanic current to most if not all buildings in town, and permits a great many consumer goods to function within the Large City. Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm 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 Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm 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.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm 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.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm yeast remains dormant.

The Chicken near Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sex to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 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.

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

18106 of Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1077 work in Agriculture
• 4021 work as Craftsmen
• 1460 work as Merchants
• 2706 work as Service Workers
• 1798 work as General Laborers
• 761 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2729 work as Civil Servants
• 1603 work in Cottage Industries
• 994 work as Artists
• 957 work in Produce Industries

26181 of Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3851 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of saved most of the town when a natural disaster struck Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm. Zíhwbíhzvàn Gíhm created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History