Bugseje Se

Bugseje Se (/bug/ /ˈseje/ [suitcase] [coincidence]) is a subtropical Town located in Bāmābi̊r County, Ftèwup Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Bugseje Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Bugseje Se was founded by Oka Thomas, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Bugseje Se has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Bugseje Se receives an average of 219 cm/y (86 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Bugseje Se covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4338 m (14232 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bugseje Se was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1456, by Oka Thomas. The establishment of Bugseje Se was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Oka Thomas struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Bugseje Se as a prison colony.

Bugseje Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bugseje Se is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Bugseje Se is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive flagstone streets which form hexical paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Bugseje Se's size could have. The town's well-designed, yet cheep 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 town.

Bugseje Se is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Bugseje Se 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.

Bugseje Se has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Bugseje Se 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.

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

Bugseje Se possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Bugseje Se 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 Bugseje Se's natural decorations nor waterways.

Bugseje Se 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.

Bugseje Se 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

Bugseje Se's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

In Bugseje Se sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Howler near Bugseje Se are known to be quite timid.

Bugseje Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 2 via 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.

Bugseje Se Census Data: Year 2000

414 of Bugseje Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 90 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 14 work as Skilled Laborers
• 61 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

899 of Bugseje Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 40 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Bugseje Se is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

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History

The the a hat of Summoning, an a hat imbued with potent amounts of Summoning energies was created near Bucking by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History