Dap Qàjbíhdran

Dap Qàjbíhdran (/qəʤ/ /ˈbɪ̞dran/ [goose] [beautiful]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Dunsmouth Community of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Dap Qàjbíhdran is derived from the Tauric language, as Dap Qàjbíhdran was founded by Gwoneth Morgan, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Dap Qàjbíhdran has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Dap Qàjbíhdran receives an average of 145 cm/y (57 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Dap Qàjbíhdran covers an area of nearly 270 km² (108 mi²), and an average elevation of 3354 m (11003 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dap Qàjbíhdran was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1392, by Gwoneth Morgan. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Dap Qàjbíhdran was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive paverstone streets which form triangular 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 city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The would-be-castle fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Right off the bat Dap Qàjbíhdran hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the city has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

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

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

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

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

Dap Qàjbíhdran has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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. Dap Qàjbíhdran's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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 Dap Qàjbíhdran's natural decorations nor waterways.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran 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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Dap Qàjbíhdran's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Dap Qàjbíhdran.

The Marble Snake near Dap Qàjbíhdran are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Dap Qàjbíhdran's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Dap Qàjbíhdran Census Data: Year 2000

24203 of Dap Qàjbíhdran's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1310 work in Agriculture
• 5427 work as Craftsmen
• 1916 work as Merchants
• 3649 work as Service Workers
• 2453 work as General Laborers
• 981 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3590 work as Civil Servants
• 2230 work in Cottage Industries
• 1350 work as Artists
• 1297 work in Produce Industries

38112 of Dap Qàjbíhdran's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1271 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Dap Qàjbíhdran is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

A local has came up with a wonderful new idea (28536 % 6)+1 months ago; it may be a magical innovation, a new industrial process, a new agricultural product, a new use for what was thought to be ancient garbage, or some other very useful, profitable idea. Everyone around them is fighting for the chance to exploit this clever new plan.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Dap Qàjbíhdran was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Dap Qàjbíhdran. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Dap Qàjbíhdran lost 160 people, 330 livestock, and 65 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 97, when members of Dap Qàjbíhdran's militia enacted an operation to recruit a specific 's family member. The operation was complicated by gale force winds which drowned out orders and hampered ranged combat. The conflict ended with the defense of the fortification against a siege, which ended in a stalemate for Dap Qàjbíhdran's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Dap Qàjbíhdran's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History