Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya (/ˈkʊʧu/ /ˈhʊgæ/ [gradual] [volcano]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Lakâ Kâzi Principality of the Kakoray.

The name Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya is derived from the Sylvin language, as Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya was founded by Mocthîv, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 7°C (44°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -11°C (13°F). Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya receives an average of 228 cm/y (89 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya covers an area of nearly 127 km² (50 mi²), and an average elevation of 4854 m (15925 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1434, by Mocthîv. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt cobblestone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. Unfortuantly, these Relic of the World That Was are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. There’s a patern to the panic. It’s not easy to see, and no one quite agrees on what it is, but the locals know and operate under this pattern. It shapes everything they do, and you feel as if you’ve almost worked it out only for some small detail to devastate your theory every time you try and comprehend it.

Civic Infrastructure

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

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

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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. Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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 Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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.

Kûchu Hûgæ 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

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

In Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Guardian, Graven near Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 2 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

11233 of Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 652 work in Agriculture
• 2471 work as Craftsmen
• 939 work as Merchants
• 1640 work as Service Workers
• 1156 work as General Laborers
• 465 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1622 work as Civil Servants
• 1043 work in Cottage Industries
• 635 work as Artists
• 610 work in Produce Industries

17965 of Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 595 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Kûchu Hûgæ Gûchya has access to some sort of functioning ancient infrastructure, whether it's an array of wall-mounted arcane energy projectors, running water, moving roadways, community-wide climate control, or some other inherited luxury. This infrastructure may be the result of a still-functional Working, or it could be the product of some venerable occult engine that's still operational, or it may be the fruit of the labors of some specially-designed organism or Blighted populace.

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History

The the a pair of glasses of Transmutation, an a pair of glasses imbued with potent amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Ku̽châ Chyûmàchû Gûchya by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

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