Boke Gùdrùkùwù

Boke Gùdrùkùwù (/ˈgʊdrʊ/ /ˈkʊwʊ/ [chance; odds] [bright]) is a subtropical Large City located in Menazazi County, Zijitoz̄igu Provence, within the Daland.

The name Boke Gùdrùkùwù is derived from the Sylvin language, as Boke Gùdrùkùwù was founded by Zêlêj, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Boke Gùdrùkùwù has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Boke Gùdrùkùwù receives an average of 82 cm/y (32 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Gùdrùkùwù covers an area of nearly 62 km² (24 mi²), and an average elevation of 5552 m (18215 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Gùdrùkùwù was founded durring the late 10th century, by Zêlêj. The establishment of Boke Gùdrùkùwù was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Zêlêj electing to pay people to resettle in Boke Gùdrùkùwù.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù is buildings folow an organic layout of narrow flagstone streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city 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.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Boke Gùdrùkùwù’s streets. Yet, deep down, you know this atmosphere is a carefully created illusion. You can see the ocasional seam in their tapestry. You’re not sure what has them doing their best to act so carefree, but act carefree they do.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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.

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

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

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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.

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

Boke Gùdrùkùwù has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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. Boke Gùdrùkùwù's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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 Boke Gùdrùkùwù's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù 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

Boke Gùdrùkùwù's chapel 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 Boke Gùdrùkùwù there are no smells.

The Dlurgraven near Boke Gùdrùkùwù are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 1 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.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù Census Data: Year 2000

5584 of Boke Gùdrùkùwù's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 312 work in Agriculture
• 1236 work as Craftsmen
• 459 work as Merchants
• 878 work as Service Workers
• 569 work as General Laborers
• 221 work as Skilled Laborers
• 794 work as Civil Servants
• 511 work in Cottage Industries
• 314 work as Artists
• 290 work in Produce Industries

8670 of Boke Gùdrùkùwù's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 593 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Gùdrùkùwù is reliant on an industry or product that has toxic or negative side-effects as part of its production. The good is extremely valuable, or the community is extremely desperate, and the side effects are endured as a necessary evil. It may be that their neighbors or lord are forcing them to produce the good so that they aren’t the ones suffering the cost.

Boke Gùdrùkùwù is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Disgrazia Range, an iconic vista located neare Boke Gùdrùkùwù, proved to be volcanic when the range erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Boke Gùdrùkùwù, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Boke Gùdrùkùwù lost 210 people, 108 livestock, and 97 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Cursed Fates's Wrath.

History