Kèr Kuguckirjè

Kèr Kuguckirjè (/ˈkuguc/ /ˈkirjɛ/ [heat] [scope; extent]) is a subtropical Town located in the Iēibonjām Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Kuguckirjè is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Kuguckirjè was founded by Shesho Āko, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Kuguckirjè has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Kèr Kuguckirjè receives an average of 214 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kèr Kuguckirjè covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 2332 m (7650 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Kuguckirjè was founded durring the early 12th century in spring of the year 1113, by Shesho Āko. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Shesho Āko.

Kèr Kuguckirjè was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Kuguckirjè is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Kèr Kuguckirjè is is constructed arround a series of narrow packed earth mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Unfortuantly, these somewhat suffishent are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Kèr Kuguckirjè is like looking into a university’s plaza on the day before an exam. People rush about to-and-fro. Discarded scrolls and quills are dotted around town. In spite of many locals discussing academic topics, there’s little sign of any organized groups for any of that talk. Infact, the town seems disordered in general with everything scattered helter skelter about.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Kèr Kuguckirjè 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 Kuguckirjè's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Kèr Kuguckirjè's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Kèr Kuguckirjè 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.

Kèr Kuguckirjè 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

Kèr Kuguckirjè's garrison 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is skipped in Kèr Kuguckirjè.

The Marble Snake near Kèr Kuguckirjè are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Kuguckirjè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves bloodletting to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via 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.

Kèr Kuguckirjè Census Data: Year 2000

295 of Kèr Kuguckirjè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 63 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 49 work as Service Workers
• 30 work as General Laborers
• 10 work as Skilled Laborers
• 42 work as Civil Servants
• 29 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

701 of Kèr Kuguckirjè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 20 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Kuguckirjè produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

Kèr Kuguckirjè is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Kèr Kuguckirjè experienced an impossibly long, cold, and stormy winter unlike anything seen before. The worst of the disaster struck The storm coated everything in a thick layer of ice and freezing countless animals, plants, and people to death. Kèr Kuguckirjè lost 141 people, and 226 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Agony Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

History