Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez (/zuk/ /fakˈfɪ̘ʤ/ [red] [market; mall]) is a subtropical Town located in Dahisuma County, Yazcarfeh Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez was founded by Trêgë Ewelochoch, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez 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). Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez receives an average of 271 cm/y (106 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2778 m (9114 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1055, by Trêgë Ewelochoch. The establishment of Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Trêgë Ewelochoch electing to pay people to resettle in Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez.

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez 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.

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez is buildings are located arround a single restrictive cobblestone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Astonishigly, the robustly designed timber walls are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez 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.

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez 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.

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

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez 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

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Worg near Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via throat chanting.

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.

Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

316 of Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 69 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 53 work as Service Workers
• 30 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 46 work as Civil Servants
• 31 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

698 of Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 64 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of saved most of the town when a natural disaster struck Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez. Zuc Fakfÿhy Ckez's militia's elite squad is named after .

History