Boke Kvāstolíhb

Boke Kvāstolíhb (Kvāsto /lɪ̞b/ [neighbor] [box; crate]) is a temperate City located in Māsvj̼íhv County, Tafogin Provence, within the Daland.

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

Climate

Boke Kvāstolíhb has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Boke Kvāstolíhb receives an average of 133 cm/y (52 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Kvāstolíhb covers an area of nearly 30 km² (12 mi²), and an average elevation of 8210 m (-16013 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Kvāstolíhb was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1217, by Nesoic. The establishment of Boke Kvāstolíhb suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Boke Kvāstolíhb which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Boke Kvāstolíhb was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Kvāstolíhb 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 Kvāstolíhb is is constructed arround a series of narrow packed earth mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Kvāstolíhb 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 Kvāstolíhb 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 Kvāstolíhb's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Kvāstolíhb 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 Kvāstolíhb 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 Kvāstolíhb 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 Kvāstolíhb's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Boke Kvāstolíhb's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Boke Kvāstolíhb birds speak prophesy.

The Fly, Giant near Boke Kvāstolíhb are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Boke Kvāstolíhb's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via proclamations.

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 Kvāstolíhb Census Data: Year 2000

2658 of Boke Kvāstolíhb's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 141 work in Agriculture
• 596 work as Craftsmen
• 214 work as Merchants
• 406 work as Service Workers
• 269 work as General Laborers
• 108 work as Skilled Laborers
• 403 work as Civil Servants
• 239 work in Cottage Industries
• 139 work as Artists
• 143 work in Produce Industries

4146 of Boke Kvāstolíhb's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 358 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Boke Kvāstolíhb was struck by a devistating earthquake. The quake brought ruin to Boke Kvāstolíhb, which lost 223 people, 229 livestock, and 46 buildings in the earthquake. The day of the quake is remembered by many as Heartbreak's Day.

History