Boke Tsverkog

Boke Tsverkog (Tsver /kog/ [novel] [permission]) is a temperate Large City located in Zdiewkut County, Tafogin Provence, within the Daland.

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

Climate

Boke Tsverkog has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Boke Tsverkog receives an average of 199 cm/y (78 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Tsverkog covers an area of nearly 138 km² (55 mi²), and an average elevation of 2322 m (7618 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Tsverkog was founded durring the early 10th century, by Lush. The establishment of Boke Tsverkog suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Boke Tsverkog which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Boke Tsverkog was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Tsverkog is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Boke Tsverkog is is constructed arround a series of narrow paverstone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. The failry decent fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Boke Tsverkog shows Boke Tsverkog as a den of corruption. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is. The city has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Boke Tsverkog places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Boke Tsverkog has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Boke Tsverkog 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 Tsverkog's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

Boke Tsverkog 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 Tsverkog 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 Tsverkog's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Tsverkog 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 Tsverkog 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 Tsverkog 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 Tsverkog's bank 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 Tsverkog hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Bonewrought Willow near Boke Tsverkog are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Boke Tsverkog's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Transmutation 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 Tsverkog Census Data: Year 2000

12345 of Boke Tsverkog's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 669 work in Agriculture
• 2784 work as Craftsmen
• 1005 work as Merchants
• 1876 work as Service Workers
• 1306 work as General Laborers
• 507 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1772 work as Civil Servants
• 1089 work in Cottage Industries
• 696 work as Artists
• 641 work in Produce Industries

19159 of Boke Tsverkog's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1312 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Boke Tsverkog's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

Boke Tsverkog is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Boke Tsverkog was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Boke Tsverkog lost 144 people, 266 livestock, and 83 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 209, when members of Boke Tsverkog's militia enacted an operation to train a group of civilians for a special clandestine operation. The operation was complicated by the army being put into a position where they could only choose between two terrible options. The conflict ended with the defense of the temple against a siege, which ended in victory for Boke Tsverkog's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Boke Tsverkog's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History