Hûkero Lehi Mîze

Hûkero Lehi Mîze (/hʊˈkero/ /ˈlehi/ [handsome] [arena; stadium]) is a temperate Large Town located in the Temmī̄f Principality of the Lallalan City-state.

The name Hûkero Lehi Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Hûkero Lehi Mîze was founded by Ariana Trëmèqth, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Hûkero Lehi Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 4°C (39°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant -13°C (9°F). Hûkero Lehi Mîze receives an average of 73 cm/y (28 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Hûkero Lehi Mîze covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5612 m (18412 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hûkero Lehi Mîze was founded durring the late 12th century in fall of the year 1074, by Ariana Trëmèqth. The establishment of Hûkero Lehi Mîze suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Hûkero Lehi Mîze which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze is buildings have been located at convienant points along the gorge Hûkero Lehi Mîze was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the spacious flagstone streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The town's would-be-castle fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

A look around Hûkero Lehi Mîze makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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 Hûkero Lehi Mîze. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Hûkero Lehi Mîze's parks.

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

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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.

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

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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 Hûkero Lehi Mîze's natural decorations nor waterways.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze 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

Hûkero Lehi Mîze's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Hûkero Lehi Mîze snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Ghoul near Hûkero Lehi Mîze are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Hûkero Lehi Mîze Census Data: Year 2000

520 of Hûkero Lehi Mîze's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 114 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 90 work as Service Workers
• 52 work as General Laborers
• 20 work as Skilled Laborers
• 72 work as Civil Servants
• 47 work in Cottage Industries
• 25 work as Artists
• 28 work in Produce Industries

1017 of Hûkero Lehi Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 64 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

Hûkero Lehi Mîze's residents established a new industry (29419 % 6)+1 years ago, and it’s making them a great deal of profit. Old patterns of authority and wealth are being disrupted, and the old gentry are unlikely to be pleased about it. They may be trying to take over the industry, or they may have been the ones to enable it in the first place and are using it to crush the life out of any rival power bases. Outsiders might be playing a major role as well, and it could be they plot to siphon off the profits.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of killed a tyrannical who had controlled Hûkero Lehi Mîze for years. Hûkero Lehi Mîze's militia's elite squad is named after .

History