Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët (/boːm/ /scit qɛk/ [parliament] [wire]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Mituso Zone, Vlekëkvluz Diocese, within the Covenent of Irus.

The name Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët was founded by Shëgê Tastri, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët has a yearly average temperature of 32°C (89°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 37°C (98°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 28°C (82°F). Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët receives an average of 69 cm/y (27 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 11542 m (-5082 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët was founded durring the early 14th century in winter of the year 1319, by Shëgê Tastri. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Shëgê Tastri.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët is no diffrent. The town'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.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët is is constructed arround a semi-circular broad paverstone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The would-be-castle fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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 Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët's parks.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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.

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

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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 Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët's natural decorations nor waterways.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët.

The Marble Snake near Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 1 via throat chanting.

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.

Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët Census Data: Year 2000

518 of Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 32 work in Agriculture
• 116 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 83 work as Service Workers
• 51 work as General Laborers
• 20 work as Skilled Laborers
• 77 work as Civil Servants
• 47 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 27 work in Produce Industries

966 of Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 129 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Bōm-skit Qëk Vrët's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

The the Barding of Truename Magic, an Barding imbued with notable amounts of Truename Magic energies was created near Bōk-hō Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History