Boke Wànjād

Boke Wànjād (/wən/ /jəˑd/ [average] [brick]) is a temperate City located in Fliyāshj̼eiēíhg County, Tarnàg Provence, within the Daland.

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

Climate

Boke Wànjād has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Boke Wànjād receives an average of 285 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Boke Wànjād covers an area of nearly 21 km² (8 mi²), and an average elevation of 3202 m (10505 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Wànjād was founded durring the late 13th century in fall of the year 1186, by Tsîrê. The establishment of Boke Wànjād was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Tsîrê electing to pay people to resettle in Boke Wànjād.

Boke Wànjād was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Wànjād is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Boke Wànjād is buildings folow an organic layout of premissive packed earth streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the city's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Boke Wànjād's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. Boke Wànjād's top tier civilian fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look around Boke Wànjād seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Wànjād 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 Wànjād 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 Wànjād's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Wànjād 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 Wànjād 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 Wànjād 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 Wànjād's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Boke Wànjād yeast remains dormant.

The Skinwraith near Boke Wànjād are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Boke Wànjād's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 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 Wànjād Census Data: Year 2000

1831 of Boke Wànjād's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 100 work in Agriculture
• 405 work as Craftsmen
• 145 work as Merchants
• 289 work as Service Workers
• 179 work as General Laborers
• 74 work as Skilled Laborers
• 268 work as Civil Servants
• 173 work in Cottage Industries
• 97 work as Artists
• 101 work in Produce Industries

2899 of Boke Wànjād's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 301 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Wànjād produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

Boke Wànjād is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami granted the town a great harvest. One of Boke Wànjād's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History