Buqlāj Gíhm

Buqlāj Gíhm (/buq/ /ləˑj/ [maze] [comic]) is a subtropical City located in the Nijhobbub Region of the Tetburland.

The name Buqlāj Gíhm is derived from the Sylvin language, as Buqlāj Gíhm was founded by Nasarodon, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Buqlāj Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 32°C (89°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 36°C (96°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 28°C (82°F). Buqlāj Gíhm receives an average of 154 cm/y (60 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Buqlāj Gíhm covers an area of nearly 36 km² (14 mi²), and an average elevation of 642 m (2106 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Buqlāj Gíhm was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1439, by Nasarodon. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Buqlāj Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Buqlāj Gíhm is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Buqlāj Gíhm is is constructed arround a semi-circular narrow split-log ties mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother 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. Buqlāj Gíhm's failry decent fortifications are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Buqlāj Gíhm, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This city certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

Buqlāj Gíhm possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

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

Buqlāj Gíhm has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

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

Buqlāj Gíhm has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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. Buqlāj Gíhm's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

Buqlāj Gíhm has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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 Buqlāj Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

Buqlāj Gíhm 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

Buqlāj Gíhm's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Buqlāj Gíhm there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Gremlin near Buqlāj Gíhm are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Buqlāj Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Buqlāj Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

3143 of Buqlāj Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 172 work in Agriculture
• 696 work as Craftsmen
• 252 work as Merchants
• 486 work as Service Workers
• 325 work as General Laborers
• 127 work as Skilled Laborers
• 454 work as Civil Servants
• 291 work in Cottage Industries
• 178 work as Artists
• 162 work in Produce Industries

5125 of Buqlāj Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 344 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Buqlāj Gíhm 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.

Buqlāj Gíhm has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

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