Fìkh Bl-19m How

Fìkh Bl-19m How (/ˈkɨdi/ /how/ [true] [bee]) is a subtropical Town located in Idbodèjĭ Zone, Uh-25vdebaq District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Fìkh Bl-19m How is derived from the Constructi language, as Fìkh Bl-19m How was founded by Curulaeril Gadshèbm, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Fìkh Bl-19m How has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Fìkh Bl-19m How receives an average of 212 cm/y (83 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Fìkh Bl-19m How covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 5014 m (16450 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fìkh Bl-19m How was founded durring the late 16th century in winter of the year 1482, by Curulaeril Gadshèbm. The establishment of Fìkh Bl-19m How was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Curulaeril Gadshèbm electing to pay people to resettle in Fìkh Bl-19m How.

Fìkh Bl-19m How was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fìkh Bl-19m How is no diffrent. The town'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.

Fìkh Bl-19m How is is constructed arround a series of spacious cobblestone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a defencive wall made from large clay bricks. The wall is constructed to the exact specifications of millitary fortifications, but the nature of its clay brick construction leaves it vulnerable to even outdated siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. The town's brittle defences are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Fìkh Bl-19m How, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same divine, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its divine. Asside form the revrent worship, you can see the citizens are preparing for something, and that something isn’t good. Weapons are worn openly. Defensive structures have been recently constructed to guard less used areas of the town. Merchants seem very eager to sell their wares at discount prices. Something is coming.

Civic Infrastructure

Fìkh Bl-19m How has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fìkh Bl-19m How.

Fìkh Bl-19m How 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.

Fìkh Bl-19m How 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.

Fìkh Bl-19m How 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.

Fìkh Bl-19m How has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Fìkh Bl-19m How's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Fìkh Bl-19m How has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Fìkh Bl-19m How has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Fìkh Bl-19m How 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

There’s a relatively new religion in Fìkh Bl-19m How which is rapidly gaining power. It might be a sectarian offshoot of a major faith, the unique product of a new prophet, or an outside faith backed by wealthy and powerful foreign supporters. Depending on the demands made on believers, the new faith may be a matter of concern only to the existing clergy, or it might be a major flashpoint for conflict in the community.

Fìkh Bl-19m How's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Fìkh Bl-19m How sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Doppelrat near Fìkh Bl-19m How are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Fìkh Bl-19m How's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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.

Fìkh Bl-19m How Census Data: Year 2000

357 of Fìkh Bl-19m How's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 53 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

791 of Fìkh Bl-19m How's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 23 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fìkh Bl-19m How is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Fìkh Bl-19m How 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 Fìkh Bl-19m How lost 150 people, 260 livestock, and 66 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 128, when members of Fìkh Bl-19m How's militia enacted an operation to defend a particular mage, and ensure they remain out of enemy hands. The operation was complicated by freezing cold, such that the troops suffered frostbite. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the port, which ended in a crushing defeat for Fìkh Bl-19m How's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Fìkh Bl-19m How's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History