Boke Làvukhufíh

Boke Làvukhufíh (/ˈləvuc/ /ˈhufɪ̞/ [skill] [innocent]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Kririsi̊mù Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Làvukhufíh has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Boke Làvukhufíh receives an average of 279 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Boke Làvukhufíh covers an area of nearly 86 km² (34 mi²), and an average elevation of 2720 m (8923 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Làvukhufíh was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1200, by Dilys. The establishment of Boke Làvukhufíh was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Dilys struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Boke Làvukhufíh as a prison colony.

Boke Làvukhufíh was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Làvukhufíh 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 Làvukhufíh is buildings are arranged within a network of premissive cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city is in posession of a finaly crafted dwarvern style fortified fighting wall, completer with lower, middle, and upper battlments for use in sloped-fire defence stratagies, murder holes, and statues which may or may not be constructs, and, of course, MERTICULATIONSshortsizename is one of the wealthiest and politicaly connected settlments in the world.. The city's Ragnarock-era relics 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.

A quick look in any direction shows Boke Làvukhufíh is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Làvukhufíh 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 Làvukhufíh's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Boke Làvukhufíh's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Boke Làvukhufíh 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 Làvukhufíh 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 Làvukhufíh's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Làvukhufíh 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 Làvukhufíh 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 Làvukhufíh 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

Life is hard in Boke Làvukhufíh. Its people are impoverished compared to their peers elsewhere. Something is making the locals stay, however, whether fear of the alternative, hope for a better future, or a stubborn attachment to their ancestral lands. Whatver the reason, living in this harsh area for generations has made the people of Boke Làvukhufíh a notably resourceful and hearty people.

Boke Làvukhufíh'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 Làvukhufíh every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

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

Boke Làvukhufíh's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves creating small tokens to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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 Làvukhufíh Census Data: Year 2000

7692 of Boke Làvukhufíh's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 448 work in Agriculture
• 1668 work as Craftsmen
• 631 work as Merchants
• 1212 work as Service Workers
• 801 work as General Laborers
• 314 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1080 work as Civil Servants
• 694 work in Cottage Industries
• 433 work as Artists
• 411 work in Produce Industries

11987 of Boke Làvukhufíh's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 819 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

The the a suit of Jack chain armor of Chronomancy, an a suit of Jack chain armor imbued with great amounts of Chronomancy energies was created in Boke Làvukhufíh by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

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