Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka (/beˈrɛah/ /sæsˈgiah/ [ability] [subtlety]) is a subtropical Town located in Vovlilgap Zone, Pinizeva District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka was founded by Shèsêv Gadshê Glêrteg̈, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka receives an average of 179 cm/y (70 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3648 m (11968 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka was founded durring the late 18th century in late spring of the year 1684, by Shèsêv Gadshê Glêrteg̈. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka 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.

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow packed earth streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The town's robustly designed timber walls 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 Berěah-sæsgiah 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 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 Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Berěah-sæsgiah 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.

Berěah-sæsgiah 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.

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

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka 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 Town. Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Berěah-sæsgiah 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.

Cultural Notes

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka's bank 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is long in Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka.

The Venomroach near Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka are known to be quite timid.

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 via oratory performances.

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.

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

376 of Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 65 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

823 of Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 37 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Mere Galilee began to boil, and released a thick toxic cloud from beneath its waters which was isolated to the area around Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka, which was swallowed by the fumes for several days. Berěah-sæsgiah Birěkhka lost 125 people, 160 livestock, and 61 buildings in the disaster, though it is of note the local plant life flourished after the disaster. The disaster is referred to as the Agony Wind.

History