Boke Kēi̊ggíh

Boke Kēi̊ggíh (/ci̘g/ /gɪ̞/ [building] [full]) is a temperate City located in Ratgù County, Tafogin Provence, within the Daland.

The name Boke Kēi̊ggíh is derived from the Sylvin language, as Boke Kēi̊ggíh was founded by Chag Beetles, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Boke Kēi̊ggíh 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 pleasant 21°C (69°F). Boke Kēi̊ggíh receives an average of 137 cm/y (53 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Kēi̊ggíh covers an area of nearly 51 km² (20 mi²), and an average elevation of 4820 m (15813 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Kēi̊ggíh was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1292, by Chag Beetles. The establishment of Boke Kēi̊ggíh suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Boke Kēi̊ggíh which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Boke Kēi̊ggíh was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Kēi̊ggíh 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 Kēi̊ggíh is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt baked earthen 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 city has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. Boke Kēi̊ggíh's cost-cutting-focused defences are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Boke Kēi̊ggíh is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

Boke Kēi̊ggíh possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

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

Boke Kēi̊ggíh has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

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

Boke Kēi̊ggíh 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 Kēi̊ggíh has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Boke Kēi̊ggíh 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 Kēi̊ggíh's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Kēi̊ggíh 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 Kēi̊ggíh 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 Kēi̊ggíh 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 Kēi̊ggíh'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 Kēi̊ggíh's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

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

The Jack-o'-Lantern near Boke Kēi̊ggíh are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Boke Kēi̊ggíh's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Enchantment energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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 Kēi̊ggíh Census Data: Year 2000

4429 of Boke Kēi̊ggíh's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 246 work in Agriculture
• 1002 work as Craftsmen
• 370 work as Merchants
• 660 work as Service Workers
• 447 work as General Laborers
• 185 work as Skilled Laborers
• 645 work as Civil Servants
• 395 work in Cottage Industries
• 243 work as Artists
• 236 work in Produce Industries

7301 of Boke Kēi̊ggíh's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 239 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Kēi̊ggíh makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

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

History