Kèr Tàskèmi̊

Kèr Tàskèmi̊ (/təs/ /ˈkɛmi̘/ [drama; story; fable] [silly]) is a subtropical Town located in the Tmíhiy̼gelfàf Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Tàskèmi̊ is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Tàskèmi̊ was founded by Ardhel Watkins Parry, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Tàskèmi̊ has a yearly average temperature of 31°C (87°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 35°C (95°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 28°C (82°F). Kèr Tàskèmi̊ 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 Tàskèmi̊ covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1970 m (6463 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Tàskèmi̊ was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1328, by Ardhel Watkins Parry. The establishment of Kèr Tàskèmi̊ suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Kèr Tàskèmi̊ which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Kèr Tàskèmi̊ was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Tàskèmi̊ 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 Tàskèmi̊ is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt flagstone 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 rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The town's millitarily questionable 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.

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

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

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

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

Kèr Tàskèmi̊ 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 Tàskèmi̊'s mayor's house 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 Tàskèmi̊ there is no wind.

The Sylph near Kèr Tàskèmi̊ are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Tàskèmi̊'s citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves reenactments to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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 Tàskèmi̊ Census Data: Year 2000

390 of Kèr Tàskèmi̊'s population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 61 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

833 of Kèr Tàskèmi̊'s population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 37 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Tàskèmi̊ is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

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

POI

History

The the a cart of Charm, an a cart imbued with potent amounts of Charm energies was created in Kèr Tàskèmi̊ by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History