Boke Zāgsàs

Boke Zāgsàs (/zəˑg/ /səs/ [comment] [wet; damp; moist]) is a subtropical City located in the Kshizbāj̼ Provence of the Hobben.

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

Climate

Boke Zāgsàs has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Boke Zāgsàs receives an average of 278 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Boke Zāgsàs covers an area of nearly 49 km² (19 mi²), and an average elevation of 476 m (1561 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Boke Zāgsàs was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1113, by Gîbêd. The establishment of Boke Zāgsàs suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Boke Zāgsàs which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Boke Zāgsàs was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Boke Zāgsàs 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 Zāgsàs is buildings are built arround a single spacious cobblestone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the city a over all circular shape. The city sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Boke Zāgsàs's timber-based walls are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Right off the bat Boke Zāgsàs hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boke Zāgsàs 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 Zāgsàs 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 Zāgsàs's natural decorations nor waterways.

Boke Zāgsàs 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 Zāgsàs 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 Zāgsàs 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 Zāgsàs's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Boke Zāgsàs yeast remains dormant.

The Human Juju Zombie near Boke Zāgsàs are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Boke Zāgsàs's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via singing.

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 Zāgsàs Census Data: Year 2000

4316 of Boke Zāgsàs's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 237 work in Agriculture
• 990 work as Craftsmen
• 351 work as Merchants
• 647 work as Service Workers
• 441 work as General Laborers
• 178 work as Skilled Laborers
• 609 work as Civil Servants
• 388 work in Cottage Industries
• 229 work as Artists
• 246 work in Produce Industries

6728 of Boke Zāgsàs's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 581 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Boke Zāgsàs has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Boke Zāgsàs makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami ended a drought plaguing Boke Zāgsàs. One of Boke Zāgsàs's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History