Chye Vîvû

Chye Vîvû (/ce/ /ˈvɪːvʊ/ [silver] [dwarf]) is a temperate Town located in Kěkzamrǐm Zone, Àsu̹ Ûyu̹ Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Chye Vîvû is derived from the Wareneese language, as Chye Vîvû was founded by Brêj Fyêmeg̈m, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Chye Vîvû has a yearly average temperature of 5°C (41°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 15°C (59°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -4°C (25°F). Chye Vîvû receives an average of 260 cm/y (102 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Chye Vîvû covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1184 m (3884 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Chye Vîvû was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1460, by Brêj Fyêmeg̈m. The establishment of Chye Vîvû was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Brêj Fyêmeg̈m electing to pay people to resettle in Chye Vîvû.

Chye Vîvû was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Chye Vîvû is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Chye Vîvû is is constructed arround a series of crampt packed earth mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The town's frontieer-style defences 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.

Chye Vîvû has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Chye Vîvû’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the town has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Chye Vîvû 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.

Chye Vîvû 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.

Chye Vîvû 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.

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

Chye Vîvû 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 Town. Chye Vîvû's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Chye Vîvû 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.

Chye Vîvû has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Chye Vîvû 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.

Cultural Notes

Chye Vîvû's chapel 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..

In Chye Vîvû most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Hungry Flesh near Chye Vîvû are known to be quite timid.

Chye Vîvû's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves ritual combat to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 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.

Chye Vîvû Census Data: Year 2000

348 of Chye Vîvû's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 78 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 53 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

703 of Chye Vîvû's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 79 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Chye Vîvû 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.

Chye Vîvû is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Chye Vîvû was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Chye Vîvû lost 131 people, 229 livestock, and 50 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 213, when members of Chye Vîvû's militia enacted an operation to fortify a particular ruin. The operation was complicated by blistering heat, such that many succumbed to heatstroke. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the ruin, which ended in defeat for Chye Vîvû's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Chye Vîvû's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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