Huyàhà Gàbû

Huyàhà Gàbû (/huˈjəhə/ /ˈgəbʊ/ [rigorous] [turtle]) is a subtropical Town located in Spellbeach Dutchy, Bachibà Ràge Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Huyàhà Gàbû is derived from the Wareneese language, as Huyàhà Gàbû was founded by Brêrêtco Èqtê Trêye Êpî, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Huyàhà Gàbû has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 18°C (64°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Huyàhà Gàbû receives an average of 276 cm/y (108 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Huyàhà Gàbû covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 688 m (2257 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Huyàhà Gàbû was founded durring the early 16th century in fall of the year 1502, by Brêrêtco Èqtê Trêye Êpî. The establishment of Huyàhà Gàbû was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Brêrêtco Èqtê Trêye Êpî electing to pay people to resettle in Huyàhà Gàbû.

Huyàhà Gàbû was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Huyàhà Gàbû 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.

Huyàhà Gàbû is buildings are speckled and packed arround broad cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based walls 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.

Right off the bat Huyàhà Gàbû 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 town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The influx of wealth has brought with it an influx of relaxation. Everywhere you look people are enjoying their prosperity in a slow, casual, and deliberate manner. There’s no rush for anything anywhere you look.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Huyàhà Gàbû 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.

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

Huyàhà Gàbû 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.

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

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

Huyàhà Gàbû 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

Huyàhà Gàbû is home to a distinct subculture, who are either the majority here or have the dominant positions in the community. Architecture, local laws, and social customs are all tuned to suit them, and they may not be particularly forgiving or friendly to the major culture of the region. Communities that are not outright independent usually make an arm's-length submission to a local lord.

Huyàhà Gàbû's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Huyàhà Gàbû most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Ifrit near Huyàhà Gàbû are known to be quite timid.

Huyàhà Gàbû's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves line dance to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 1 via oratory performances.

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.

Huyàhà Gàbû Census Data: Year 2000

358 of Huyàhà Gàbû's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 79 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 50 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

805 of Huyàhà Gàbû's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 35 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Huyàhà Gàbû's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

The the a stone of Invocation, an a stone imbued with notable amounts of Invocation energies was created near Huyàhà Gàbû by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History