Kstēokawe Se

Kstēokawe Se (Kstēo /ˈkawe/ [milk; semen] [porch; veranda]) is a subtropical Town located in Dlekiqtskhoqutjo Hold, Iēiy̼cèrguqù Provence, within the Tauranian United Provinces.

The name Kstēokawe Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Kstēokawe Se was founded by Bethan Morgan, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Kstēokawe Se has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Kstēokawe Se receives an average of 265 cm/y (104 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Kstēokawe Se covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2438 m (7998 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kstēokawe Se was founded durring the early 18th century in late spring of the year 1712, by Bethan Morgan. The establishment of Kstēokawe Se was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Bethan Morgan struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Kstēokawe Se as a prison colony.

Kstēokawe Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the early 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kstēokawe Se is no diffrent. The town'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.

Kstēokawe Se is buildings are arranged within a network of broad 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 emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's minimaly adiquite 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 Kstēokawe Se makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Kstēokawe Se 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.

Kstēokawe Se 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.

Kstēokawe Se 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.

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

Kstēokawe Se 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 Town. Kstēokawe Se's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

Kstēokawe Se 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

Kstēokawe Se is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Kstēokawe Se's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Kstēokawe Se rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Pudding, Blood near Kstēokawe Se are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Kstēokawe Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 2 via chanting.

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.

Kstēokawe Se Census Data: Year 2000

369 of Kstēokawe Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 58 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 55 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

807 of Kstēokawe Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 61 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kstēokawe Se is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Kstēokawe Se was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Kstēokawe Se. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Kstēokawe Se lost 294 people, 178 livestock, and 40 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 100, when members of Kstēokawe Se's militia enacted an operation to destroy or capture a specific enemy hero. The operation was complicated by a key segment of the operation that deepened entirely on a stealth mission going perfectly. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in victory for Kstēokawe Se's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Kstēokawe Se's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History