Boke Kemembayo

Boke Kemembayo (/keˈmemba/ /jo/ [turtle] [clear; transparent]) is a temperate City located in the Bombuqíh Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Kemembayo has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Boke Kemembayo receives an average of 282 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Boke Kemembayo covers an area of nearly 49 km² (19 mi²), and an average elevation of 4134 m (13562 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Kemembayo was founded durring the early 14th century in fall of the year 1311, by Glëg̈. The establishment of Boke Kemembayo was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Glëg̈ struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Boke Kemembayo as a prison colony.

Boke Kemembayo was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Kemembayo 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 Kemembayo is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt packed earth streets which form hexical 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 rests behind a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, and battlments. Boke Kemembayo's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. The city's unusual yet seemingly effective fortifications have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look around Boke Kemembayo makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Kemembayo 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 Kemembayo's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Boke Kemembayo 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 Kemembayo 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 Kemembayo's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Kemembayo 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 Kemembayo 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 Kemembayo 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 Kemembayo is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Boke Kemembayo's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Boke Kemembayo all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

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

Boke Kemembayo's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Conjuration energies of tier 2 via recitation of scripture.

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 Kemembayo Census Data: Year 2000

4386 of Boke Kemembayo's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 247 work in Agriculture
• 986 work as Craftsmen
• 348 work as Merchants
• 677 work as Service Workers
• 443 work as General Laborers
• 176 work as Skilled Laborers
• 646 work as Civil Servants
• 395 work in Cottage Industries
• 239 work as Artists
• 229 work in Produce Industries

6896 of Boke Kemembayo's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 348 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Kemembayo's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

The the a gallion of Elven High Magic, an a gallion imbued with potent amounts of Elven High Magic energies was created near Boke Kēi̊ggub by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History