Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû (/ˈkudə/ /loˈmiqʊ/ [previous] [hip]) is a temperate Large City located in the Lakâ Kâzi Principality of the Kakoray.

The name Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû is derived from the Sylvin language, as Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû was founded by Ktîj, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû has a yearly average temperature of 5°C (41°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -12°C (11°F). Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû receives an average of 241 cm/y (94 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû covers an area of nearly 133 km² (53 mi²), and an average elevation of 4830 m (15846 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû was founded durring the early 15th century in summer of the year 1409, by Ktîj. The establishment of Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ktîj struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû as a prison colony.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad gravel streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's millitarily questionable 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 Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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 Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's parks.

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

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

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

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

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

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

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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 Large City. Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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 Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's natural decorations nor waterways.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû 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

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is recurring in Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû.

The Herd Animal, Bison near Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves line dance to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû Census Data: Year 2000

12189 of Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 642 work in Agriculture
• 2824 work as Craftsmen
• 973 work as Merchants
• 1866 work as Service Workers
• 1223 work as General Laborers
• 493 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1830 work as Civil Servants
• 1052 work in Cottage Industries
• 661 work as Artists
• 625 work in Produce Industries

19021 of Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 636 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû was attacked by a group of guerrilla fighters. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû lost 259 people, 301 livestock, and 34 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 67, when members of Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's militia enacted an operation to patrol a specific area to dissuade the enemy from their current activities. The operation was complicated by major logistical problems. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in victory for Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Chyameya Kudà Lomiqû's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History