City: Kimu Do Gûchya

Kimu Do Gûchya

Kimu Do Gûchya
Example Rattu architecture.
StateAcoli
ProvenceGïpimuipt Principality
RegionChyhyǟm-i̽n Basin
Founded935
Community LeaderLord Cathy
Area22 km2 (8 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp4°C (39°F)
Average Elevation6718 m (-20908 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation115 cm/y (45 in/y)
Population5224
Population Density237 people per km2 (653 people per mi2)
Town AuraEnchantment
Naming
Native nameKimu Do Gûchya
Pronunciation/ˈkimu/ /do/
Direct Translation[lizard] [microscope]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Kimu Do Gûchya (/ˈkimu/ /do/ [lizard] [microscope]) is a temperate City located in the Gïpimuipt Principality of the Acoli.

The name Kimu Do Gûchya is derived from the Goblin language, as Kimu Do Gûchya was founded by Bé̄y Ya̋mpf̄̄ 'Pink Pride' Mbōr Dā̌shī Jóch, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Kimu Do Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 4°C (39°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -14°C (7°F). Kimu Do Gûchya receives an average of 115 cm/y (45 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kimu Do Gûchya covers an area of nearly 22 km2 (8 mi2), and an average elevation of 6718 m (-20908 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kimu Do Gûchya was founded durring the early 10th century, by Bé̄y Ya̋mpf̄̄ 'Pink Pride' Mbōr Dā̌shī Jóch. The establishment of Kimu Do Gûchya was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Bé̄y Ya̋mpf̄̄ 'Pink Pride' Mbōr Dā̌shī Jóch struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Kimu Do Gûchya as a prison colony.

Kimu Do Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kimu Do Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Kimu Do Gûchya is buildings have been located at convienant points along the rivers Kimu Do Gûchya was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the spacious carved bedrock streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The city's robustly designed timber walls are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Kimu Do Gûchya, 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 god, all preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This city certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Kimu Do Gûchya 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 Kimu Do Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Kimu Do Gûchya's parks.

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

Kimu Do Gûchya has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Kimu Do Gûchya 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.

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

Kimu Do Gûchya has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Kimu Do Gûchya 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.

Kimu Do Gûchya 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.

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

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

Kimu Do Gûchya 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 Kimu Do Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kimu Do Gûchya 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.

Kimu Do Gûchya 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.

Kimu Do Gûchya 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

Kimu Do Gûchya's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Kimu Do Gûchya there is no wind.

The Living Topiary near Kimu Do Gûchya are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kimu Do Gûchya'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 Necromancy energies of tier 3 via singing.

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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 10
  • Farmers: 14
  • Farm Laborer: 29
  • Hunters: 18
  • Milk Maids: 13
  • Ranchers: 6
  • Ranch Hands: 13
  • Shepherds: 13
    • Farmland: 21104 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 1306
    • Poultry: 15672
    • Swine: 1044
    • Sheep: 52
    • Goats: 10
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 522

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 10
  • Blacksmiths: 11
  • Bookbinders: 6
  • Buckle-makers: 7
  • Cabinetmakers: 12
  • Candlemakers: 19
  • Carpenters: 16
  • Clothmakers: 14
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 5
  • Coopers: 11
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 7
  • Copyists: 4
  • Cutlers: 4
  • Fabricworkers: 11
  • Farrier: 26
  • Furriers: 3
  • Glassworkers: 19
  • Gunsmiths: 11
  • Harness-Makers: 5
  • Hatters: 10
  • Hosiery Workers: 3
  • Jewelers: 5
  • Leatherwrights: 12
  • Locksmiths: 5
  • Matchstick makers: 8
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 7
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 6
  • Paper Workers: 7
  • Plasterers: 7
  • Pursemakers: 9
  • Roofers: 5
  • Ropemakers: 5
  • Rugmakers: 5
  • Saddlers: 9
  • Scabbardmakers: 10
  • Scalemakers: 5
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 3
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 5
  • Shoemakers: 5
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 17
  • Tailors: 29
  • Tanners: 6
  • Upholsterers: 7
  • Watchmakers: 6
  • Weavers: 13
  • Whitesmiths: 4

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 3
  • Arcana Sellers: 3
  • Beer-Sellers: 7
  • Booksellers: 8
  • Butchers: 13
  • Chandlers: 14
  • Chicken Butchers: 15
  • Entrepreneurs: 5
  • Fine Clothiers: 14
  • Fishmongers: 12
  • Florists: 3
  • Potion Sellers: 8
  • Resellers: 20
  • Spice Merchants: 7
  • Wine-sellers: 10
  • Wheelwright: 7
  • Woodsellers: 5

Service workers

  • Bakers: 27
  • Barbers: 23
  • Coachmen: 7
  • Cooks: 19
  • Doctors: 11
  • Gamekeepers: 8
  • Grooms: 4
  • Hairdressers: 19
  • Healers: 13
  • Housekeepers: 15
  • Housemaids: 30
  • House Stewards: 16
  • Inns: 4
  • Laundry maids: 9
  • Maidservants: 18
  • Nursery Maids: 9
  • Pastrycooks: 17
  • Restaurateur: 21
  • Tavern Keepers: 20

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 7
  • Bleachers: 4
  • Chemical Workers: 3
  • Coal Heavers: 11
  • In-Town Couriers: 10
  • Long Haul Couriers: 12
  • Dockyard Workers: 10
  • Gas Workers: 2
  • Hay Merchants: 4
  • Leech Collectors: 13
  • Millers: 12
  • Miners: 12
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 8
  • Postmen: 11
  • Pure Finder: 6
  • Skinners: 14
  • Sugar Refiners: 3
  • Tosher: 8
  • Warehousemen: 19
  • Watercarriers: 11
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 14

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 6
  • Alchemist: 8
  • Clerk: 12
  • Dentists: 5
  • Educators: 15
  • Engineers: 7
  • Gardeners: 5
  • Mages: 3
  • Plumbers: 5
  • Pharmacist: 6
  • Professors: 2
  • Scientists: 3
  • Wizards: 2

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 4
  • Bankers: 7
  • Civil Clerks: 11
  • Civic Iudex: 5
  • Consultants: 3
  • Exorcist: 10
  • Fixers: 6
  • Kami Clerk: 9
  • Landlords: 10
  • Lawyers: 6
  • Legend Keepers: 9
  • Militia Officers: 52
  • Monks, Monastic: 16
  • Monks, Civic: 16
  • Historian, Oral: 12
  • Historian, Textual: 6
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 12
  • Priests: 23
  • Rangers: 6
  • Rat Catchers: 8
  • Scholars: 8
  • Spiritualist: 9
  • Slayers: 2
  • Storytellers: 18
  • Military Officers: 16

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 14
  • Comfort Services: 18
  • Enchanters: 6
  • Herbalists: 5
  • Jaminators: 16
  • Needleworkers: 16
  • Potters: 9
  • Preserve Makers: 14
  • Quilters: 7
  • Seamsters: 29
  • Spinners: 15
  • Tinker: 5
  • Weaver: 13

Artists

  • Actors: 5
  • Architects: 2
  • Bards: 8
  • Costumers: 3
  • Dancers: 5
  • Drafters: 3
  • Engravers: 4
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 2
  • Glaziers: 5
  • Inlayers: 5
  • Musicians: 14
  • Painters, Art: 2
  • Playwrights: 5
  • Sculptors, Art: 4
  • Wood Carvers: 16
  • Writers: 19

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 18
  • Canners: 16
  • Cheesmakers: 20
  • Ice Merchants: 2
  • Millers: 10
  • Picklers: 8
  • Smokers: 6
  • Stockmakers: 5
  • Tobacconists: 8
  • Tallowmakers: 11

1894 of Kimu Do Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

3226 of Kimu Do Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 104 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kimu Do Gûchya 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.

Kimu Do Gûchya is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Kimu Do Gûchya was struck by a devistating earthquake. The quake brought ruin to Kimu Do Gûchya, which lost 190 people, 250 livestock, and 33 buildings in the earthquake. The day of the quake is remembered by many as Grief's Day.

History