Kèr Shkshhogā

Kèr Shkshhogā (Shksh /ˈhogəˑ/ [person; human] [olive]) is a subtropical Town located in Castleness Dutchy, Gàdāwù Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Kèr Shkshhogā is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Shkshhogā was founded by Ethral Fardd, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Shkshhogā has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Kèr Shkshhogā receives an average of 171 cm/y (67 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kèr Shkshhogā covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5008 m (16430 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Shkshhogā was founded durring the late 16th century in summer of the year 1499, by Ethral Fardd. The establishment of Kèr Shkshhogā suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Kèr Shkshhogā which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Kèr Shkshhogā was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Shkshhogā 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 Shkshhogā is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive flagstone streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town lacks any defencive features, though certainly constructing even a simple fence or digging a ditch is at the forefront of the 's mind. At least, one would hope so.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Kèr Shkshhogā, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same divine, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its divine. Asside form the revrent worship, you can see the citizens are preparing for something, and that something isn’t good. Weapons are worn openly. Defensive structures have been recently constructed to guard less used areas of the town. Merchants seem very eager to sell their wares at discount prices. Something is coming.

Civic Infrastructure

Kèr Shkshhogā has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Kèr Shkshhogā has an Office of Civil Groundskeeping, which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the construction and upkeep up of all plant life, water features, and other natural decorations within Kèr Shkshhogā. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kèr Shkshhogā's parks.

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

Kèr Shkshhogā 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 Shkshhogā has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Kèr Shkshhogā 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 Shkshhogā's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Kèr Shkshhogā 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.

Kèr Shkshhogā has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands. They are not to be confused with the Office of Civil Groundskeeping as they do not hold authority over nor responsibility for Kèr Shkshhogā's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kèr Shkshhogā has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Kèr Shkshhogā 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 Shkshhogā has a public septic system, which allows its citizens to have indoor bathrooms. The septic system is overseen by the League of Sewerkeepers, who posses the legal authority to enforce all laws relating to the septic system, and are also tasked with its maintenance and upkeep.

Cultural Notes

Kèr Shkshhogā's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Kèr Shkshhogā the stars are always right.

The Mud Elemental, Large near Kèr Shkshhogā are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Shkshhogā's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Necromancy 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.

Kèr Shkshhogā Census Data: Year 2000

464 of Kèr Shkshhogā's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 104 work as Craftsmen
• 39 work as Merchants
• 73 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 66 work as Civil Servants
• 43 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

936 of Kèr Shkshhogā's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 73 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Kèr Shkshhogā is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of spared the town from an attack. One of Kèr Shkshhogā's festivals remembers the hero.

History