Kèr Híhizgāw

Kèr Híhizgāw (Híhiz /gəˑw/ [gas] [husband]) is a subtropical Town located in the Suamaga County of the Picham Community.

The name Kèr Híhizgāw is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Híhizgāw was founded by Kliggel Pugh Jenner, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Híhizgāw has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Kèr Híhizgāw receives an average of 193 cm/y (75 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kèr Híhizgāw covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3708 m (12165 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Híhizgāw was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1091, by Kliggel Pugh Jenner. The establishment of Kèr Híhizgāw was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Kliggel Pugh Jenner electing to pay people to resettle in Kèr Híhizgāw.

Kèr Híhizgāw was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Híhizgāw 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.

Kèr Híhizgāw is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive 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 is protected by a series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. The town's bare minimum defences have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

Kèr Híhizgāw 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 Kèr Híhizgāw ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Kèr Híhizgāw 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 Kèr Híhizgāw was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Kèr Híhizgāw 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.

Kèr Híhizgāw 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.

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

Kèr Híhizgāw 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. Kèr Híhizgāw's grid is powered by an arcane means.

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

Kèr Híhizgāw 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

Kèr Híhizgāw's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

In Kèr Híhizgāw vermin leave small tokens in payment for food taken.

The Dvorovoi near Kèr Híhizgāw are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Kèr Híhizgāw's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 2 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.

Kèr Híhizgāw Census Data: Year 2000

376 of Kèr Híhizgāw's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 60 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

807 of Kèr Híhizgāw's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 49 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Híhizgāw has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with good fortune for a year and a day. One of Kèr Híhizgāw's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History