Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya (/ˈhəjʊ/ /ˈcəkə/ [artillery] [torso; trunk (of tree)]) is a subtropical City located in Hasi Chyæhe Kingdom, Rûlichyû Îyà Empire, within the Warren.

The name Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya is derived from the Goblin language, as Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya was founded by Maude Daisy Michelle, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 11°C (51°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 13°C (55°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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. Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya covers an area of nearly 40 km² (16 mi²), and an average elevation of 1056 m (3464 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya was founded durring the early 15th century in winter of the year 1405, by Maude Daisy Michelle. The establishment of Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Maude Daisy Michelle electing to pay people to resettle in Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of restrictive baked earthen streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The city sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Astonishigly, the timber-based walls are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya is like a look into a broken heart. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need. It’s not malicious. Heads are hung. Eyes are empty. Something truly horrible happened here once upon a time and the city never healed.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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 Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's parks.

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

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

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

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

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

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

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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 City. Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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 Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's town hall 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is long in Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya.

The Ifrit near Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

3594 of Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 194 work in Agriculture
• 812 work as Craftsmen
• 292 work as Merchants
• 551 work as Service Workers
• 365 work as General Laborers
• 147 work as Skilled Laborers
• 525 work as Civil Servants
• 318 work in Cottage Industries
• 194 work as Artists
• 196 work in Produce Industries

5605 of Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 484 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya 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.

Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of killed a tyrannical who had controlled Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya for years. Hàyû Chyàkà Gûchya created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History