Lûmu Luhàchû

Lûmu Luhàchû (/ˈcəcu/ /luˈhəʧʊ/ [complicated; intricate] [belief]) is a subtropical Town located in the Lakâ Kâzi Principality of the City-state of Kakoray.

The name Lûmu Luhàchû is derived from the Wareneese language, as Lûmu Luhàchû was founded by Dukdriginn Toews Hanford Glkeshëm, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Lûmu Luhàchû has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing 0°C (32°F). Lûmu Luhàchû receives an average of 219 cm/y (86 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Lûmu Luhàchû covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4420 m (14501 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Lûmu Luhàchû was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1433, by Dukdriginn Toews Hanford Glkeshëm. The establishment of Lûmu Luhàchû was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Dukdriginn Toews Hanford Glkeshëm struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Lûmu Luhàchû as a prison colony.

Lûmu Luhàchû was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Lûmu Luhàchû 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.

Lûmu Luhàchû is is constructed arround a semi-circular premissive gravel mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town 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.

A look around Lûmu Luhàchû seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. 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. 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

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

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

Lûmu Luhàchû 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.

Lûmu Luhàchû 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.

Lûmu Luhàchû 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.

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

Lûmu Luhàchû 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. Lûmu Luhàchû's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Lûmu Luhàchû's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Lûmu Luhàchû 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

Lûmu Luhàchû's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Lûmu Luhàchû there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Amoeba Swarm near Lûmu Luhàchû are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Lûmu Luhàchû's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Elven High Magic 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.

Lûmu Luhàchû Census Data: Year 2000

399 of Lûmu Luhàchû's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 87 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

836 of Lûmu Luhàchû's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 64 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Lûmu Luhàchû is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a dragon and brought its hoard to Lûmu Luhàchû, where it was shared with all. Lûmu Luhàchû created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History