Luri Æchû Mîze

Luri Æchû Mîze (/s̺ɑˈhɑlə/ /ˈæʧʊ/ [central] [lobster]) is a subtropical Town located in Bammedah Zone, Mijgake Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Luri Æchû Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Luri Æchû Mîze was founded by Laiciel Sheg̈mege, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Luri Æchû Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Luri Æchû Mîze receives an average of 96 cm/y (37 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Luri Æchû Mîze covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 20206 m (-19606 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Luri Æchû Mîze was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1128, by Laiciel Sheg̈mege. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Luri Æchû Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Luri Æchû Mîze 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.

Luri Æchû Mîze is buildings are arranged within a network of broad worn bedrock 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 town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The town's would-be-castle fortifications 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 town.

A look around Luri Æchû Mîze 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 jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes.

Civic Infrastructure

Luri Æchû Mîze 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 Luri Æchû Mîze. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Luri Æchû Mîze's parks.

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

Luri Æchû Mîze 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.

Luri Æchû Mîze 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.

Luri Æchû Mîze 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.

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

Luri Æchû Mîze 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. Luri Æchû Mîze's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Luri Æchû Mîze 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.

Luri Æchû Mîze 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 Luri Æchû Mîze's natural decorations nor waterways.

Luri Æchû Mîze 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.

Luri Æchû Mîze 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

Luri Æchû Mîze'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..

In Luri Æchû Mîze there is no wind.

The Quickling near Luri Æchû Mîze are known to be quite timid.

Luri Æchû Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves drinking to channel Necromancy energies of tier 3 via proclamations.

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.

Luri Æchû Mîze Census Data: Year 2000

415 of Luri Æchû Mîze's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 89 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 45 work as General Laborers
• 14 work as Skilled Laborers
• 64 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

914 of Luri Æchû Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 27 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Luri Æchû Mîze 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 early 2nd century, Luri Æchû Mîze was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Luri Æchû Mîze lost 297 people, 100 livestock, and 93 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 227, when members of Luri Æchû Mîze's militia enacted an operation to extract assets from a production site under siege by the enemy. The operation was complicated by a key segment of the operation that deepened entirely on a stealth mission going perfectly. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Luri Æchû Mîze's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Luri Æchû Mîze's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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