Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka (/ˈhɪkɨ/ /bib/ [neat; fine (okay)] [bay; cove]) is a temperate Town located in Yuhrinvo Zone, Yăvajĭkǐkh District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka was founded by Zëkê Tshesí, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka receives an average of 219 cm/y (86 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5130 m (16830 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka was founded durring the early 18th century in late fall of the year 1706, by Zëkê Tshesí. The establishment of Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's construction back out of the project. Zëkê Tshesí pushed on reguardles, and Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka is buildings are built arround a single narrow cobblestone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's timber-based walls are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the town as needed.

A look around Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka 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 jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka 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.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka 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.

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

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka 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 Town. Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka 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.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka 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

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's bank 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.

In Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Cloud Dragon, Wyrmling near Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka are known to be quite timid.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves performance art to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 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.

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

394 of Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 84 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 62 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

849 of Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 38 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a great storm brought so much rain to Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka. The resulting flood was isolated to the area around Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka, which was swallowed by the waters for several days. Hǐkì Bib Birěkhka lost 149 people, 153 livestock, and 59 buildings in the disaster. The disaster is remembered as the Woe Drownings.

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