Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi (/ˈnɨmku/ /ˈdɤji/ [common; frequent; generic; medium] [copper; bronze]) is a temperate Small City located in Ey-42tkěsza Zone, Yokěvam District, within the Alveria.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°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 12°C (53°F). Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi receives an average of 171 cm/y (67 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi covers an area of nearly 11 km2 (4 mi2), and an average elevation of 3536 m (11601 ft) above sea level.
Overview
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1318, by Rérmé̄ Joīkīkī 'Eva Moon' Cúńńnḱ Ermé̄ Yawmē̋ch. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi was built using the conventions of KLEO durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi is buildings are arranged arround a network of broad 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 resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's robustly designed timber walls 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 Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi is like looking into a university’s plaza on the day before an exam. People rush about to-and-fro. Discarded scrolls and quills are dotted around city. In spite of many locals discussing academic topics, there’s little sign of any organized groups for any of that talk. Infact, the city seems disordered in general with everything scattered helter skelter about.
Civic Infrastructure
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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 Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's parks.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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 Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's natural decorations nor waterways.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.
In Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.
The House Centipede near Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi are known to be more aggressive than normal.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Summoning energies of tier 3 via throat 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: 5
Farmers: 8
Farm Laborer: 15
Hunters: 9
Milk Maids: 7
Ranchers: 3
Ranch Hands: 7
Shepherds: 7
Farmland: 11364 m2
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 705
Poultry: 8460
Swine: 564
Sheep: 28
Goats: 5
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 282
Craftsmen
Arms and Toolmakers: 5
Blacksmiths: 6
Bookbinders: 3
Buckle-makers: 3
Cabinetmakers: 6
Candlemakers: 9
Carpenters: 9
Clothmakers: 8
Coach and Harness Makers: 3
Coopers: 7
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 4
Copyists: 2
Cutlers: 2
Fabricworkers: 6
Farrier: 17
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 8
Gunsmiths: 6
Harness-Makers: 2
Hatters: 5
Hosiery Workers: 2
Jewelers: 3
Leatherwrights: 7
Locksmiths: 2
Matchstick makers: 4
Musical Instrument Makers: 4
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 3
Paper Workers: 4
Plasterers: 3
Pursemakers: 4
Roofers: 3
Ropemakers: 2
Rugmakers: 2
Saddlers: 5
Scabbardmakers: 5
Scalemakers: 2
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Shoemakers: 2
Soap and Tallow Workers: 9
Tailors: 15
Tanners: 3
Upholsterers: 4
Watchmakers: 3
Weavers: 8
Whitesmiths: 2
Merchants
Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 3
Booksellers: 4
Butchers: 7
Chandlers: 6
Chicken Butchers: 7
Entrepreneurs: 2
Fine Clothiers: 7
Fishmongers: 6
Florists: 1
Potion Sellers: 4
Resellers: 10
Spice Merchants: 3
Wine-sellers: 5
Wheelwright: 4
Woodsellers: 2
Service workers
Bakers: 14
Barbers: 13
Coachmen: 4
Cooks: 14
Doctors: 6
Gamekeepers: 4
Grooms: 2
Hairdressers: 9
Healers: 7
Housekeepers: 9
Housemaids: 14
House Stewards: 8
Inns: 2
Laundry maids: 5
Maidservants: 10
Nursery Maids: 5
Pastrycooks: 10
Restaurateur: 12
Tavern Keepers: 14
Specialized Laborer
Ashworkers: 4
Bleachers: 2
Chemical Workers: 1
Coal Heavers: 6
In-Town Couriers: 6
Long Haul Couriers: 6
Dockyard Workers: 5
Gas Workers: 1
Hay Merchants: 2
Leech Collectors: 7
Millers: 6
Miners: 6
Oilmen and Polishers: 4
Postmen: 6
Pure Finder: 3
Skinners: 8
Sugar Refiners: 1
Tosher: 4
Warehousemen: 10
Watercarriers: 6
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 7
Skilled Laborers
Accountants: 3
Alchemist: 4
Clerk: 6
Dentists: 2
Educators: 7
Engineers: 4
Gardeners: 2
Mages: 2
Plumbers: 3
Pharmacist: 3
Professors: 1
Scientists: 2
Wizards: 1
Civil Servants
Adventurers: 2
Bankers: 4
Civil Clerks: 6
Civic Iudex: 3
Consultants: 1
Exorcist: 6
Fixers: 3
Kami Clerk: 5
Landlords: 5
Lawyers: 3
Legend Keepers: 4
Militia Officers: 23
Monks, Monastic: 8
Monks, Civic: 9
Historian, Oral: 6
Historian, Textual: 3
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 6
Priests: 10
Rangers: 3
Rat Catchers: 4
Scholars: 4
Spiritualist: 5
Slayers: 1
Storytellers: 10
Military Officers: 9
Cottage Industries
Brewers: 7
Comfort Services: 10
Enchanters: 3
Herbalists: 3
Jaminators: 8
Needleworkers: 9
Potters: 4
Preserve Makers: 8
Quilters: 4
Seamsters: 14
Spinners: 8
Tinker: 3
Weaver: 6
Artists
Actors: 2
Architects: 1
Bards: 4
Costumers: 1
Dancers: 3
Drafters: 1
Engravers: 2
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 1
Glaziers: 2
Inlayers: 2
Musicians: 7
Painters, Art: 1
Playwrights: 2
Sculptors, Art: 2
Wood Carvers: 10
Writers: 10
Produce Industries
Butter Churners: 10
Canners: 8
Cheesmakers: 10
Ice Merchants: 1
Millers: 5
Picklers: 4
Smokers: 3
Stockmakers: 3
Tobacconists: 4
Tallowmakers: 6
983 of Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's population work within a Foundational Occupation.
56 work in Agriculture
216 work as Craftsmen
73 work as Merchants
162 work as Service Workers
101 work as General Laborers
40 work as Skilled Laborers
143 work as Civil Servants
87 work in Cottage Industries
51 work as Artists
54 work in Produce Industries
1753 of Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 84 (3%) are noncontributers.
Points of Interest
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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.
Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi'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 Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi 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 early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi. Lilgap Nìmku Dèyi's militia's elite squad is named after .