Kèr Iēāpwèhket

Kèr Iēāpwèhket (/jəˑp/ /ˈwɛhket/ [peak] [benign; gentle]) is a subtropical Town located in the Tsvíhiow County of the Picham Community.

The name Kèr Iēāpwèhket is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Iēāpwèhket was founded by Chi̊ts Rāka, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Iēāpwèhket has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Kèr Iēāpwèhket receives an average of 210 cm/y (82 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kèr Iēāpwèhket covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2222 m (7290 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Iēāpwèhket was founded durring the early 12th century in summer of the year 1116, by Chi̊ts Rāka. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Kèr Iēāpwèhket was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Iēāpwèhket 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 Iēāpwèhket is is constructed arround a semi-circular narrow baked earthen mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Kèr Iēāpwèhket's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The town's top tier civilian fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

Right off the bat Kèr Iēāpwèhket hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. This wealth has brought the town nothing but neurosis, if you can believe your eyes. Everyone acts as if you’re out to take a piece of them. Every door is locked and every window barred. Efforts are made to make you feel welcome, but only in the public areas of the town, particularly the market.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Kèr Iēāpwèhket 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 Iēāpwèhket's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Kèr Iēāpwèhket sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Raven Swarm near Kèr Iēāpwèhket are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Iēāpwèhket's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Enchantment energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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 Iēāpwèhket Census Data: Year 2000

337 of Kèr Iēāpwèhket's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 22 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 24 work as Merchants
• 55 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 53 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

718 of Kèr Iēāpwèhket's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 55 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Kèr Iēāpwèhket's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of secured a clean water supply for . One of Kèr Iēāpwèhket's festivals remembers the hero.

History