Boke Kèrbèn

Boke Kèrbèn (/kɛr/ /bɛn/ [town; village] [raw]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Nijhobbub Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Kèrbèn has a yearly average temperature of 31°C (87°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 35°C (95°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 28°C (82°F). Boke Kèrbèn receives an average of 145 cm/y (57 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Kèrbèn covers an area of nearly 119 km² (47 mi²), and an average elevation of 2684 m (8805 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Kèrbèn was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1202, by Brënmê. The establishment of Boke Kèrbèn was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Brënmê struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Boke Kèrbèn as a prison colony.

Boke Kèrbèn was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Kèrbèn is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Boke Kèrbèn is buildings are built arround a single narrow cobblestone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city has a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, battlments, and even a moat, which are fashioned from stone and timber. Boke Kèrbèn'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 though effective defenses are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

Right off the bat Boke Kèrbèn hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

Boke Kèrbèn possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

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

Boke Kèrbèn has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Boke Kèrbèn 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 Kèrbèn's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

Boke Kèrbèn has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Boke Kèrbèn 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 Kèrbèn's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Kèrbèn 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 Kèrbèn 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 Kèrbèn 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.

Boke Kèrbèn is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Boke Kèrbèn's locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

Boke Kèrbèn's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Boke Kèrbèn it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Shimmerwing Dragonfly near Boke Kèrbèn are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Boke Kèrbèn's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Invocation 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.

Boke Kèrbèn Census Data: Year 2000

10636 of Boke Kèrbèn's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 562 work in Agriculture
• 2367 work as Craftsmen
• 867 work as Merchants
• 1628 work as Service Workers
• 1095 work as General Laborers
• 443 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1503 work as Civil Servants
• 980 work in Cottage Industries
• 593 work as Artists
• 598 work in Produce Industries

16050 of Boke Kèrbèn's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1703 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

History