Kèr Víhsàfāv

Kèr Víhsàfāv (/ˈvɪ̞sə/ /fəˑv/ [mother] [thin (narrow)]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Kririsi̊mù Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Kèr Víhsàfāv is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Víhsàfāv was founded by Ch́atsi Powell, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Víhsàfāv 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 26°C (78°F). Kèr Víhsàfāv receives an average of 154 cm/y (60 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Kèr Víhsàfāv covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4708 m (15446 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Víhsàfāv was founded durring the late 19th century in early spring of the year 1795, by Ch́atsi Powell. The establishment of Kèr Víhsàfāv was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ch́atsi Powell struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Kèr Víhsàfāv as a prison colony.

Kèr Víhsàfāv was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 19th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Víhsàfāv 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 Víhsàfāv is buildings are arranged within a network of crampt baked earthen streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Kèr Víhsàfāv's exceptionaly well made fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Kèr Víhsàfāv makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Kèr Víhsàfāv 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 Víhsàfāv's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Kèr Víhsàfāv hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Guardian, Graven near Kèr Víhsàfāv are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kèr Víhsàfāv's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 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 Víhsàfāv Census Data: Year 2000

233 of Kèr Víhsàfāv's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 47 work as Craftsmen
• 19 work as Merchants
• 40 work as Service Workers
• 21 work as General Laborers
• 7 work as Skilled Laborers
• 37 work as Civil Servants
• 21 work in Cottage Industries
• 10 work as Artists
• 11 work in Produce Industries

577 of Kèr Víhsàfāv's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 60 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kèr Víhsàfāv is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Kèr Víhsàfāv sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

Kèr Víhsàfāv's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Kèr Víhsàfāv suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Kèr Víhsàfāv, swallowing large sections of the community. Kèr Víhsàfāv lost 269 people, 282 livestock, and 42 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Hate Swallowing.

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