Fàrwup Gíhm

Fàrwup Gíhm (/fər/ /wup/ [trauma] [manual]) is a subtropical City located in the Utièkíhf Noiē Region of the Tetburland.

The name Fàrwup Gíhm is derived from the Goblin language, as Fàrwup Gíhm was founded by Seren, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Fàrwup Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Fàrwup Gíhm receives an average of 266 cm/y (104 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Fàrwup Gíhm covers an area of nearly 30 km² (12 mi²), and an average elevation of 830 m (2723 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fàrwup Gíhm was founded durring the early 15th century in winter of the year 1406, by Seren. The establishment of Fàrwup Gíhm was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Seren struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Fàrwup Gíhm as a prison colony.

Fàrwup Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fàrwup Gíhm 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.

Fàrwup Gíhm is is constructed arround a series of premissive cobblestone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The would-be-castle fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Fàrwup Gíhm 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. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Fàrwup Gíhm brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup 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.

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

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

Fàrwup 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 Fàrwup Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup 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.

Fàrwup Gíhm 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

While Fàrwup Gíhm might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Fàrwup Gíhm's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Fàrwup Gíhm there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Sylph near Fàrwup Gíhm are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fàrwup Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via throat chanting.

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.

Fàrwup Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

2612 of Fàrwup Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 142 work in Agriculture
• 595 work as Craftsmen
• 205 work as Merchants
• 410 work as Service Workers
• 267 work as General Laborers
• 109 work as Skilled Laborers
• 375 work as Civil Servants
• 224 work in Cottage Industries
• 142 work as Artists
• 143 work in Produce Industries

4356 of Fàrwup Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 215 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

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History