Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì (/ˈzixkɛ/ /ˈnægdɛn kɨ/ [delicious] [footprint]) is a subtropical Large City located in Jt-66vnim Zone, Wækwìilbu District, within the Alveria.

The name Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì is derived from the Goblin language, as Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì was founded by Glêyèdsê, who was culturaly KLEO.

Climate

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì receives an average of 141 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì covers an area of nearly 181 km² (72 mi²), and an average elevation of 12552 m (-1768 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1305, by Glêyèdsê. The establishment of Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's construction back out of the project. Glêyèdsê pushed on reguardles, and Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì was built using the conventions of KLEO durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow baked earthen streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city has a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, battlments, and even a moat, which are fashioned from stone and timber. Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. The city's unusual though effective defenses have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. On top of this is an unmistakable feeling that Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì is in this condition because there is something terribly wrong with the city. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine which makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì long.

Civic Infrastructure

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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.

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

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

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

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

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's natural decorations nor waterways.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì 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 Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì snow is warm to the touch and does not melt within city limits. Also it only happens during summer.

The Ettercap near Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 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.

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì Census Data: Year 2000

16161 of Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 916 work in Agriculture
• 3644 work as Craftsmen
• 1292 work as Merchants
• 2393 work as Service Workers
• 1681 work as General Laborers
• 668 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2376 work as Civil Servants
• 1429 work in Cottage Industries
• 890 work as Artists
• 872 work in Produce Industries

25822 of Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 856 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

Due to a magical anomaly, Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Lilgap Zikhkě Nægděn Kì's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History