Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m (/ˈjəˑtʤəˑ/ /dɛʃˈtɪ̞mi̘m/ [wedge] [broken]) is a subtropical Town located in Sijiuuva Dutchy, Tafogin Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m is derived from the Tauric language, as Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m was founded by Cari Beddoes, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m receives an average of 134 cm/y (52 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 6716 m (-20915 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1288, by Cari Beddoes. The establishment of Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Cari Beddoes electing to pay people to resettle in Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m.

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m is buildings are speckled and packed arround spacious paverstone 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 is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m's frontieer-style defences 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.

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m 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 Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m's parks.

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

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

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

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m 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 Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m 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 Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m's garrison 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 Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Sand Stalker near Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves reenactments to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 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 Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m Census Data: Year 2000

400 of Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 88 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 67 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 55 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

842 of Kèr Yātjādèshtíhmi̊m's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 93 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

History