Kèr Ksvēobākē

Kèr Ksvēobākē (Ksvēo /bəˑc/ [snow] [style; fashion]) is a subtropical Town located in the Tsvíhiow County of the Picham Community.

The name Kèr Ksvēobākē is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Ksvēobākē was founded by Glèsè Hughes Víhgā, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Ksvēobākē has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Kèr Ksvēobākē receives an average of 235 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kèr Ksvēobākē covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 812 m (2664 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Ksvēobākē was founded durring the late 16th century in summer of the year 1476, by Glèsè Hughes Víhgā. The establishment of Kèr Ksvēobākē suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Kèr Ksvēobākē which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Kèr Ksvēobākē was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Ksvēobākē is no diffrent. The town'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.

Kèr Ksvēobākē is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive canals streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Unfortuantly, these robustly designed timber walls are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

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

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Kèr Ksvēobākē 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 Ksvēobākē 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.

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

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

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

Kèr Ksvēobākē 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 Ksvēobākē's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Kèr Ksvēobākē the stars are always right.

The Sawleg Locust near Kèr Ksvēobākē are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Ksvēobākē's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Mysticism energies of tier 1 via divine sermons.

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 Ksvēobākē Census Data: Year 2000

310 of Kèr Ksvēobākē's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 71 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 49 work as Service Workers
• 31 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 43 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

659 of Kèr Ksvēobākē's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 61 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Ksvēobākē 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.

Kèr Ksvēobākē is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami ended a drought plaguing Kèr Ksvēobākē. One of Kèr Ksvēobākē's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History