City: Boke Iē̼àmvob

Boke Iē̼àmvob

Boke Iē̼àmvob
Example Tauran architecture.
StateDaland
ProvenceTafogin Provence
Sub ProvenceVujkèn County
RegionNx-27w Fækh Shrublands
Founded1021
Community LeaderLord Lucasaurus
Area50 km2 (20 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp30°C (86°F)
Average Elevation2718 m (8917 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation143 cm/y (56 in/y)
Population11979
Population Density239 people per km2 (598 people per mi2)
Town AuraChronomancy
Naming
Native nameBoke Iē̼àmvob
Pronunciation/j̼əm/ /vob/
Direct Translation[printing press] [deliberate]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Boke Iē̼àmvob (/j̼əm/ /vob/ [printing press] [deliberate]) is a temperate City located in Vujkèn County, Tafogin Provence, within the Daland.

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

Climate

Boke Iē̼àmvob has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Boke Iē̼àmvob receives an average of 143 cm/y (56 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Iē̼àmvob covers an area of nearly 50 km2 (20 mi2), and an average elevation of 2718 m (8917 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Iē̼àmvob was founded durring the early 11th century, by Betul. The establishment of Boke Iē̼àmvob was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Boke Iē̼àmvob's construction back out of the project. Betul pushed on reguardles, and Boke Iē̼àmvob was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Boke Iē̼àmvob was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Iē̼àmvob 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 Iē̼àmvob is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of crampt cobblestone streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. Boke Iē̼àmvob's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Boke Iē̼àmvob, 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 preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This city certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Boke Iē̼àmvob has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Boke Iē̼àmvob 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 City. Boke Iē̼àmvob's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Boke Iē̼àmvob possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Boke Iē̼àmvob 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 Iē̼àmvob's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Iē̼àmvob 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 Iē̼àmvob 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 Iē̼àmvob 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 Iē̼àmvob's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Boke Iē̼àmvob vermin leave small tokens in payment for food taken.

The Bonewrought Willow near Boke Iē̼àmvob are known to be quite timid.

Boke Iē̼àmvob's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sex to channel Enchantment 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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 21
  • Farmers: 37
  • Farm Laborer: 57
  • Hunters: 44
  • Milk Maids: 29
  • Ranchers: 15
  • Ranch Hands: 31
  • Shepherds: 29
    • Farmland: 48514 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 2994
    • Poultry: 35937
    • Swine: 2395
    • Sheep: 119
    • Goats: 23
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 1197

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 26
  • Blacksmiths: 27
  • Bookbinders: 14
  • Buckle-makers: 15
  • Cabinetmakers: 27
  • Candlemakers: 39
  • Carpenters: 40
  • Clothmakers: 34
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 12
  • Coopers: 29
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 18
  • Copyists: 11
  • Cutlers: 10
  • Fabricworkers: 28
  • Farrier: 61
  • Furriers: 7
  • Glassworkers: 42
  • Gunsmiths: 26
  • Harness-Makers: 11
  • Hatters: 24
  • Hosiery Workers: 8
  • Jewelers: 13
  • Leatherwrights: 30
  • Locksmiths: 12
  • Matchstick makers: 19
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 17
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 14
  • Paper Workers: 17
  • Plasterers: 15
  • Pursemakers: 20
  • Roofers: 12
  • Ropemakers: 12
  • Rugmakers: 11
  • Saddlers: 22
  • Scabbardmakers: 27
  • Scalemakers: 12
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 7
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 11
  • Shoemakers: 11
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 40
  • Tailors: 72
  • Tanners: 14
  • Upholsterers: 17
  • Watchmakers: 16
  • Weavers: 36
  • Whitesmiths: 9

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 8
  • Arcana Sellers: 8
  • Beer-Sellers: 17
  • Booksellers: 18
  • Butchers: 32
  • Chandlers: 34
  • Chicken Butchers: 30
  • Entrepreneurs: 12
  • Fine Clothiers: 34
  • Fishmongers: 28
  • Florists: 7
  • Potion Sellers: 19
  • Resellers: 44
  • Spice Merchants: 16
  • Wine-sellers: 23
  • Wheelwright: 18
  • Woodsellers: 11

Service workers

  • Bakers: 70
  • Barbers: 53
  • Coachmen: 17
  • Cooks: 46
  • Doctors: 26
  • Gamekeepers: 19
  • Grooms: 10
  • Hairdressers: 39
  • Healers: 34
  • Housekeepers: 36
  • Housemaids: 57
  • House Stewards: 35
  • Inns: 11
  • Laundry maids: 21
  • Maidservants: 39
  • Nursery Maids: 23
  • Pastrycooks: 35
  • Restaurateur: 47
  • Tavern Keepers: 52

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 17
  • Bleachers: 10
  • Chemical Workers: 6
  • Coal Heavers: 23
  • In-Town Couriers: 27
  • Long Haul Couriers: 27
  • Dockyard Workers: 23
  • Gas Workers: 5
  • Hay Merchants: 10
  • Leech Collectors: 31
  • Millers: 30
  • Miners: 28
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 19
  • Postmen: 26
  • Pure Finder: 16
  • Skinners: 34
  • Sugar Refiners: 6
  • Tosher: 19
  • Warehousemen: 36
  • Watercarriers: 25
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 36

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 15
  • Alchemist: 18
  • Clerk: 24
  • Dentists: 11
  • Educators: 34
  • Engineers: 17
  • Gardeners: 11
  • Mages: 8
  • Plumbers: 13
  • Pharmacist: 13
  • Professors: 5
  • Scientists: 8
  • Wizards: 5

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 11
  • Bankers: 16
  • Civil Clerks: 25
  • Civic Iudex: 13
  • Consultants: 7
  • Exorcist: 27
  • Fixers: 14
  • Kami Clerk: 23
  • Landlords: 22
  • Lawyers: 15
  • Legend Keepers: 19
  • Militia Officers: 99
  • Monks, Monastic: 36
  • Monks, Civic: 36
  • Historian, Oral: 27
  • Historian, Textual: 14
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 27
  • Priests: 47
  • Rangers: 16
  • Rat Catchers: 17
  • Scholars: 19
  • Spiritualist: 22
  • Slayers: 6
  • Storytellers: 58
  • Military Officers: 46

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 39
  • Comfort Services: 46
  • Enchanters: 13
  • Herbalists: 13
  • Jaminators: 38
  • Needleworkers: 42
  • Potters: 20
  • Preserve Makers: 33
  • Quilters: 18
  • Seamsters: 59
  • Spinners: 41
  • Tinker: 13
  • Weaver: 31

Artists

  • Actors: 12
  • Architects: 4
  • Bards: 18
  • Costumers: 7
  • Dancers: 14
  • Drafters: 7
  • Engravers: 9
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 5
  • Glaziers: 12
  • Inlayers: 11
  • Musicians: 37
  • Painters, Art: 6
  • Playwrights: 13
  • Sculptors, Art: 10
  • Wood Carvers: 47
  • Writers: 38

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 42
  • Canners: 34
  • Cheesmakers: 44
  • Ice Merchants: 5
  • Millers: 24
  • Picklers: 20
  • Smokers: 15
  • Stockmakers: 13
  • Tobacconists: 19
  • Tallowmakers: 29

4465 of Boke Iē̼àmvob's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

6916 of Boke Iē̼àmvob's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 598 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Iē̼àmvob is remarkably well-fortified for a site of its size and role. Tall, stout walls, strong points inside the community, concentric defenses, a strategic terrain location, or a large body of standing troops might be present. Some threat is thought to exist that makes maintaining this fortification worthwhile, though it may come at a dear cost to the locals. The community’s suzerain may be uncomfortable with these defenses, as they could just as easily be used to defy the ruler.

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

POI

History

The the a ball of Charm, an a ball imbued with great amounts of Charm energies was created in Boke Iē̼àmvob by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History