Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä (/gaɪ̯̂/ /nɑn/ [thermal] [Serosorting]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Jǎlēyeēy Region of the Goblin Tribes.

The name Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä is derived from the Goblin language, as Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä was founded by Ya̋chvóń Ca̋chī 'Alyssa Buble' Mpfēbónḱ Dāsh Rḗ Cúń̄r Sēr, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä receives an average of 298 cm/y (117 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä covers an area of nearly 206 km² (82 mi²), and an average elevation of 3438 m (11279 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä was founded durring the early 9th century, by Ya̋chvóń Ca̋chī 'Alyssa Buble' Mpfēbónḱ Dāsh Rḗ Cúń̄r Sēr. The establishment of Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ya̋chvóń Ca̋chī 'Alyssa Buble' Mpfēbónḱ Dāsh Rḗ Cúń̄r Sēr struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä as a prison colony.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä is no diffrent. The city'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.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of premissive flagstone streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Unfortuantly, these would-be-castle fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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 Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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 Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's parks.

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

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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 Large City. Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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 Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's natural decorations nor waterways.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

In Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Water Strider Swarm near Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves drinking to channel Summoning energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä Census Data: Year 2000

18143 of Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1060 work in Agriculture
• 4106 work as Craftsmen
• 1473 work as Merchants
• 2693 work as Service Workers
• 1840 work as General Laborers
• 744 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2677 work as Civil Servants
• 1591 work in Cottage Industries
• 1021 work as Artists
• 938 work in Produce Industries

28539 of Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1443 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä was attacked by a group of guerrilla fighters. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä lost 285 people, 183 livestock, and 30 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 170, when members of Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's militia enacted an operation to capture a particular research site intact. The operation was complicated by the enemy setting up an ambush. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in a crushing defeat for Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Jók Nan Ni̋ēkēä's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History