Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà (/ˈbʊqæ/ /ˈgɪːlə/ [spontaneous] [seat; chair; buttocks; stool (seat)]) is a temperate City located in the Gïpimuipt Principality of the Acoli.

The name Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà is derived from the Sylvin language, as Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà was founded by Ñaurondur, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà has a yearly average temperature of 4°C (39°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -13°C (9°F). Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà receives an average of 125 cm/y (49 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà covers an area of nearly 24 km² (9 mi²), and an average elevation of 6244 m (20485 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà was founded durring the early 16th century in winter of the year 1526, by Ñaurondur. The establishment of Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ñaurondur struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà as a prison colony.

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà 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.

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà is is constructed arround a semi-circular premissive canals mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The city's timber-based walls are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

A look around Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà 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 just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà makes it abundantly clear the city suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà 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 Vàchi Gîlà 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 Vàchi Gîlà's natural decorations nor waterways.

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà 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 Vàchi Gîlà 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 Vàchi Gîlà 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

One or more crime bosses have a powerful influence within Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà. They may control crime within the community itself, or they may use it simply as a safe haven from which to direct their minions elsewhere. Local law enforcement may know all about them, but lack the strength to confront them and their paid or intimidated henchmen.

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Vukodlak near Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà are known to be quite timid.

Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves bloodletting to channel Mysticism energies of tier 1 via proclamations.

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 Vàchi Gîlà Census Data: Year 2000

2069 of Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 118 work in Agriculture
• 466 work as Craftsmen
• 168 work as Merchants
• 320 work as Service Workers
• 215 work as General Laborers
• 83 work as Skilled Laborers
• 298 work as Civil Servants
• 183 work in Cottage Industries
• 111 work as Artists
• 107 work in Produce Industries

3473 of Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 171 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà was attacked by members of a peasant revolt. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà lost 212 people, 312 livestock, and 24 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 145, when members of Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà's militia enacted an operation to capture a specific enemy hero alive. The operation was complicated by a key segment of the operation that deepened entirely on a stealth mission going perfectly. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the strategic location, which ended in defeat for Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Chyameya Vàchi Gîlà's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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