Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya (/ˈkiju/ /ˈlʊdʊ/ [loyal] [hole; crater; crack]) is a subtropical Large City located in Ha Chyo County, Ramama Mâchyu̹ Provence, within the Daland.

The name Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya is derived from the Sylvin language, as Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya was founded by Khêbel, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya covers an area of nearly 174 km² (69 mi²), and an average elevation of 1602 m (5255 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya was founded durring the early 11th century, by Khêbel. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Khêbel.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya is no diffrent. The city'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.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya is buildings folow an organic layout of crampt packed earth streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the city's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A look around Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya shows Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya as a den of corruption. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is. The city has another layer to it as well. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual, or at least, faking it.

Civic Infrastructure

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

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

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya 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 Large City. Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya 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.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Kiyu Lûdû 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 Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû 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.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya'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 Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya rainbows form quite often above the Large City.

The Urdefhan near Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

15425 of Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 883 work in Agriculture
• 3574 work as Craftsmen
• 1234 work as Merchants
• 2275 work as Service Workers
• 1588 work as General Laborers
• 641 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2208 work as Civil Servants
• 1368 work in Cottage Industries
• 849 work as Artists
• 805 work in Produce Industries

22992 of Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2452 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Some important ruler or leading figure resides in the community. This may be the seat of a regional lord, or it could be the traditional residence of a high priest, great magus, merchant house, or other wielder of influence. The community itself may or may not be under their direct control, but the wishes of the august figure must be acknowledged by the locals.

Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century heavy spring rains following an uncharacteristically dry year and a minor earthquake resulted in the collapse of the west face of Mount Antisana. the landslide struck Kiyu Lûdû Gûchya, and devastated the community. 151 people, 274 livestock, and 77 buildings were lost to the calamity. The disaster is recorded in history as Grieving's Fall.

History