Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä (/ɔ́ːs/ /mbi̋ːmʃɑ̂ʧæ/ [fragile] [array]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ja̋yja̋shvaw̋chē̋ä Region of the Confederation of Goblin Tribes.

The name Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä is derived from the Goblin language, as Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä was founded by Sarcotoma Phaeta Tadarida, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 15°C (59°F). Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä receives an average of 284 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1618 m (5308 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä was founded durring the early 16th century in spring of the year 1536, by Sarcotoma Phaeta Tadarida. The establishment of Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive flagstone streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Unfortuantly, these minimaly adiquite are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä, 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 performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its god. More than it loves wealth. The town is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä 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.

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä 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.

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

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä 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.

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä 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

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is recurring in Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä.

The Blood Hawk near Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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.

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä Census Data: Year 2000

404 of Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 90 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 65 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

868 of Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 52 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

The roads leading into Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

The the a flute of Charm, an a flute imbued with notable amounts of Charm energies was created near Áws Mbémshâchä Kēä by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History