Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya (/ˈkəjo/ /ˈlʊzu/ [aroused (sexually)] [peak]) is a subtropical Large City located in Hâgâ Vîchyû Kingdom, Bàze Logu Empire, within the Warren.

The name Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya is derived from the Goblin language, as Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya was founded by Méoī Vúchī̄ 'Marissa Pride' Mé̄y Séchvéch Nībō̌sh, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 9°C (48°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -9°C (16°F). Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya receives an average of 244 cm/y (96 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya covers an area of nearly 200 km² (80 mi²), and an average elevation of 2208 m (7244 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1175, by Méoī Vúchī̄ 'Marissa Pride' Mé̄y Séchvéch Nībō̌sh. The establishment of Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Méoī Vúchī̄ 'Marissa Pride' Mé̄y Séchvéch Nībō̌sh electing to pay people to resettle in Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya is no diffrent. The city'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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya is is constructed arround a series of spacious flagstone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's failry decent fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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 Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's parks.

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

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

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

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

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

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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. Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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 Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya 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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is skipped in Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya.

The Living Topiary near Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya are known to be quite timid.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 1 via throat chanting.

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.

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

17660 of Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 951 work in Agriculture
• 3952 work as Craftsmen
• 1371 work as Merchants
• 2754 work as Service Workers
• 1806 work as General Laborers
• 724 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2588 work as Civil Servants
• 1507 work in Cottage Industries
• 995 work as Artists
• 1012 work in Produce Industries

26848 of Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2342 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami granted the town a great harvest. One of Kàyo Lûzu Gûchya's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History