Jĭě Yan Birěkhka

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka (/ʤɛ/ /jan/ [gold] [poem]) is a temperate Town located in Æpìdèldo Zone, Ěslorvogwin District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Jĭě Yan Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Jĭě Yan Birěkhka was founded by Scaibihn Trëg̈g̈, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Jĭě Yan Birěkhka receives an average of 204 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Jĭě Yan Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5872 m (19265 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1212, by Scaibihn Trëg̈g̈. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Scaibihn Trëg̈g̈.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Jĭě Yan Birěkhka is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka is buildings are located arround a single narrow gravel mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's minimaly adiquite are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Jĭě Yan Birěkhka ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Jĭě Yan Birěkhka is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Jĭě Yan Birěkhka was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka 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 Jĭě Yan Birěkhka. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Jĭě Yan Birěkhka's parks.

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

Jĭě Yan 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.

Jĭě Yan 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.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka 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.

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

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka 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 Jĭě Yan Birěkhka's natural decorations nor waterways.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka 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.

Jĭě Yan 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.

Jĭě Yan 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

Jĭě Yan 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Jĭě Yan Birěkhka.

The Leshy, Lichen near Jĭě Yan Birěkhka are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 1 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.

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

449 of Jĭě Yan Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 98 work as Craftsmen
• 35 work as Merchants
• 75 work as Service Workers
• 45 work as General Laborers
• 16 work as Skilled Laborers
• 66 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

845 of Jĭě Yan Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 112 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

Jĭě Yan Birěkhka has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Terror Peak, an iconic vista located neare Jĭě Yan Birěkhka, proved to be volcanic when the peak erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Jĭě Yan Birěkhka, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Jĭě Yan Birěkhka lost 272 people, 379 livestock, and 42 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Terror's Wrath.

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