Lehehän åt Ckez

Lehehän åt Ckez (/fek/ /ɑːt/ [double] [curve; curl]) is a subtropical Town located in Ratgù County, Hazuhima Kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Undermountain.

The name Lehehän åt Ckez is derived from the Dwarven language, as Lehehän åt Ckez was founded by Zêrg̈g̈m Raycqug, who was culturaly Dwarvern.

Climate

Lehehän åt Ckez has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Lehehän åt Ckez receives an average of 91 cm/y (35 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Lehehän åt Ckez covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 14196 m (3625 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lehehän åt Ckez was founded durring the late 9th century, by Zêrg̈g̈m Raycqug. The establishment of Lehehän åt Ckez suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Lehehän åt Ckez was built using the conventions of Dwarvern durring the late 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lehehän åt Ckez is no diffrent. The town'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.

Lehehän åt Ckez is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of narrow packed earth streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is protected by a series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. Lehehän åt Ckez's bare minimum defences 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 town as needed.

A look around Lehehän åt Ckez gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Lehehän åt Ckez 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.

Civic Infrastructure

Lehehän åt Ckez 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.

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

Lehehän åt Ckez 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.

Lehehän åt Ckez 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.

Lehehän åt Ckez 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.

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

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

Lehehän åt Ckez 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

Lehehän åt Ckez's chapel 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 Lehehän åt Ckez there are no smells.

The Amoeba Swarm near Lehehän åt Ckez are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Lehehän åt Ckez's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Charm energies of tier 1 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.

Lehehän åt Ckez Census Data: Year 2000

374 of Lehehän åt Ckez's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

830 of Lehehän åt Ckez's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 24 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lehehän åt Ckez 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.

Lehehän åt Ckez's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Lehehän åt Ckez suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Lehehän åt Ckez was attacked by a group of notorious bandits. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Lehehän åt Ckez lost 251 people, 304 livestock, and 59 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 67, when members of Lehehän åt Ckez's militia enacted an operation to transport a specific artifact to a particular production site unharmed. The operation was complicated by major logistical problems. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in victory for Lehehän åt Ckez's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Lehehän åt Ckez's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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