Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ (/ˈvɨpɤb/ /ˈcæpɪ/ [triple] [faith]) is a temperate Large City located in Nidvi Zone, Madraměvì District, within the Alveria.

The name Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ is derived from the Goblin language, as Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ was founded by Lk-73y 'Friend', who was culturaly KLEO.

Climate

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 19°C (66°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ receives an average of 223 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ covers an area of nearly 214 km² (85 mi²), and an average elevation of 1204 m (3950 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1229, by Lk-73y 'Friend'. The establishment of Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Lk-73y 'Friend' struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ as a prison colony.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ was built using the conventions of KLEO durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ is buildings are arranged within a network of spacious flagstone 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 city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable fortifications has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Right off the bat Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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 Vìpèb Cæpǐ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ's parks.

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

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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 Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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 Vìpèb Cæpǐ has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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 Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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.

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

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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. Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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 Vìpèb Cæpǐ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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 Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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 Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ 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

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ is home to a distinct subculture, who are either the majority here or have the dominant positions in the community. Architecture, local laws, and social customs are all tuned to suit them, and they may not be particularly forgiving or friendly to the major culture of the region. Communities that are not outright independent usually make an arm's-length submission to a local lord.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ.

The Weedwhip near Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves sex to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 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.

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ Census Data: Year 2000

19446 of Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1088 work in Agriculture
• 4289 work as Craftsmen
• 1624 work as Merchants
• 3066 work as Service Workers
• 1929 work as General Laborers
• 818 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2766 work as Civil Servants
• 1731 work in Cottage Industries
• 1070 work as Artists
• 1065 work in Produce Industries

30597 of Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1021 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

The the a pair of bracers of Summoning, an a pair of bracers imbued with potent amounts of Summoning energies was created near Lilgap Vìpèb Cæpǐ by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History