Lirû Chyu

Lirû Chyu (/ˈlirʊ/ /cu/ [famous] [head]) is a temperate Town located in the Midimuzunk Principality of the City-state of Kakoray.

The name Lirû Chyu is derived from the Wareneese language, as Lirû Chyu was founded by Gwaingwen Brënh, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Lirû Chyu has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -9°C (16°F). Lirû Chyu receives an average of 271 cm/y (106 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lirû Chyu covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4296 m (14094 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lirû Chyu was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1300, by Gwaingwen Brënh. The establishment of Lirû Chyu suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Lirû Chyu which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Lirû Chyu was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lirû Chyu is no diffrent. The town'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.

Lirû Chyu is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of narrow cobblestone streets which form octogonal 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 emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Lirû Chyu's somewhat suffishent has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A quick look in any direction shows Lirû Chyu is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Lirû Chyu 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.

Lirû Chyu 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.

Lirû Chyu 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.

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

Lirû Chyu 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 Town. Lirû Chyu's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Lirû Chyu 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.

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

Lirû Chyu 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Lirû Chyu hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Lirû Chyu's bank 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, winter is long in Lirû Chyu.

The Amoeba, Giant near Lirû Chyu are known to be quite timid.

Lirû Chyu's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves line dance to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Lirû Chyu Census Data: Year 2000

347 of Lirû Chyu's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 75 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

726 of Lirû Chyu's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 68 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lirû Chyu is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the I̽vlǟk Yöt Woods was struck by a drought when Lake Damodar grew too small to continue feeding River Soundless, which reduced the available water supply nationwide, but was especially harsh in the area arround Lirû Chyu. As the neighboring regions had no water so spare, Lirû Chyu lost 251 people, and 371 livestock in the disaster.. The drought lasted for 5 weeks, which are remembered as the Terror Thirst.

History