Ænâ Richu Mîze

Ænâ Richu Mîze (/ˈænɑ/ /ˈriʧu/ [small; little] [public]) is a temperate Town located in Kěkzamrǐm Zone, Àsu̹ Ûyu̹ Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Ænâ Richu Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Ænâ Richu Mîze was founded by Rancata Dyesm Trêmtèlka, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Ænâ Richu Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 8°C (46°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 3°C (37°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 14°C (57°F). Ænâ Richu Mîze 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. Ænâ Richu Mîze covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 938 m (3077 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ænâ Richu Mîze was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1121, by Rancata Dyesm Trêmtèlka. The establishment of Ænâ Richu Mîze suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Ænâ Richu Mîze which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Ænâ Richu Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ænâ Richu Mîze is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Ænâ Richu Mîze is buildings are speckled and packed arround narrow gravel streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Ænâ Richu Mîze's timber-based walls are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Ænâ Richu Mîze is like a look into a broken heart which long ago fell to corruption. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need… unless of course, they would be an easy target for some robbery. The town has truly fallen to evil.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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 Ænâ Richu Mîze. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ænâ Richu Mîze's parks.

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

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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.

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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.

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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.

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

Ænâ Richu Mîze possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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 Ænâ Richu Mîze's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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.

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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.

Ænâ Richu Mîze 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

While Ænâ Richu Mîze might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Ænâ Richu Mîze's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Ænâ Richu Mîze.

The Ovinnik near Ænâ Richu Mîze are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Ænâ Richu Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves line dance to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 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.

Ænâ Richu Mîze Census Data: Year 2000

464 of Ænâ Richu Mîze's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 101 work as Craftsmen
• 35 work as Merchants
• 76 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 72 work as Civil Servants
• 42 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

928 of Ænâ Richu Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 58 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with good fortune for a year and a day. One of Ænâ Richu Mîze's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History