Boke Lukji̊vi̊g

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g (/ˈlukji̘v/ /i̘g/ [hallway; corridor; lobby] [important; significant]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Hujdàj Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Boke Lukji̊vi̊g receives an average of 288 cm/y (113 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Boke Lukji̊vi̊g covers an area of nearly 247 km² (98 mi²), and an average elevation of 2106 m (6909 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g was founded durring the early 12th century in summer of the year 1134, by Dhan. The establishment of Boke Lukji̊vi̊g was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Dhan struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Boke Lukji̊vi̊g as a prison colony.

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Lukji̊vi̊g 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 Lukji̊vi̊g is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious split-log ties streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The city's robustly designed timber walls 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.

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Boke Lukji̊vi̊g ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Boke Lukji̊vi̊g is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Boke Lukji̊vi̊g was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g 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 Lukji̊vi̊g 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 Lukji̊vi̊g's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g 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 Lukji̊vi̊g 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 Lukji̊vi̊g 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 Lukji̊vi̊g 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 Lukji̊vi̊g's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Boke Lukji̊vi̊g most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Jack-o'-Lantern near Boke Lukji̊vi̊g are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g'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 Illusion energies of tier 1 via speaking in tongues.

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 Lukji̊vi̊g Census Data: Year 2000

22281 of Boke Lukji̊vi̊g's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1257 work in Agriculture
• 4928 work as Craftsmen
• 1725 work as Merchants
• 3306 work as Service Workers
• 2297 work as General Laborers
• 885 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3527 work as Civil Servants
• 1964 work in Cottage Industries
• 1177 work as Artists
• 1215 work in Produce Industries

31402 of Boke Lukji̊vi̊g's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 4040 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Boke Lukji̊vi̊g is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

The the a suit of Kasten-brust armour of Wild Magic, an a suit of Kasten-brust armour imbued with notable amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Boke Lukji̊vi̊g by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History