Ke Lovu

Ke Lovu (/ke/ /ˈlovu/ [peach] [space (beyond Earth)]) is a subtropical Town located in Fri̽i̽t Parish, Bâyume Kâzæ County, within the Norwick Principality.

The name Ke Lovu is derived from the Wareneese language, as Ke Lovu was founded by Shnih Èlëg̈, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Ke Lovu has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Ke Lovu receives an average of 227 cm/y (89 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Ke Lovu covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1222 m (4009 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ke Lovu was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1234, by Shnih Èlëg̈. The establishment of Ke Lovu was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Shnih Èlëg̈ struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Ke Lovu as a prison colony.

Ke Lovu was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ke Lovu is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Ke Lovu is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow paverstone streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town 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. Unfortuantly, these failry decent fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Even the most brief look arround Ke Lovu has a good chance of putting a church or shrine into the center of your view. The town is most certainly a god fearing community. It’s also definitely a god loving community. THe streetcornors are occupied by preachers, with the occasional intersection playing host to an actually friendly debate relating to the merits of various gods. Even the less popular as well as the less politically loved gods seem to have a space in Ke Lovu, there’s even shrines to gods known to the region only through hearsay.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Ke Lovu 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.

Ke Lovu 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.

Ke Lovu 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.

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

Ke Lovu 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. Ke Lovu's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Ke Lovu 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.

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

Ke Lovu 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.

Cultural Notes

Ke Lovu is home to a distinct subculture, who are either the majority here or have the dominant positions in the community. Architecture, local laws, and social customs are all tuned to suit them, and they may not be particularly forgiving or friendly to the major culture of the region. Communities that are not outright independent usually make an arm's-length submission to a local lord.

Ke Lovu's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is recurring in Ke Lovu.

The Siren near Ke Lovu are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Ke Lovu's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves reenactments to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via oath swearing.

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.

Ke Lovu Census Data: Year 2000

394 of Ke Lovu's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 87 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 38 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 58 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

863 of Ke Lovu's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 25 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ke Lovu 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, Ke Lovu was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Ke Lovu lost 179 people, 223 livestock, and 95 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 127, when members of Ke Lovu's militia enacted an operation to patrol a specific area to dissuade the enemy from their current activities. The operation was complicated by aggravated civilians, who cause problems for the militia for a host of reasons. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Ke Lovu's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Ke Lovu's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History