Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze (/ˈmequ̽/ /ˈməʧu/ [mere] [cement; concrete (building material)]) is a temperate Small Town located in the Lakâ Kâzi Principality of the City-state of Kakoray.

The name Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze was founded by Tselêd Garesh, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 5°C (41°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -12°C (11°F). Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze receives an average of 222 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 5402 m (17723 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze was founded durring the early 17th century in early spring of the year 1624, by Tselêd Garesh. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Tselêd Garesh.

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mequ̽ Màchu 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.

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive 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 has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. Unfortuantly, these cost-cutting-focused defences are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Mequ̽ Màchu 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.

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

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

Mequ̽ Màchu 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.

Cultural Notes

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze yeast remains dormant.

The Urdefhan near Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sex to channel Chronomancy 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.

Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze Census Data: Year 2000

278 of Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 60 work as Craftsmen
• 19 work as Merchants
• 48 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 42 work as Civil Servants
• 26 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

593 of Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 75 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze 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 Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze was struck by an anomalously harsh winter storm which brought extreme cold and deep snows along with its blustering winds. The worst of the disaster struck The storm coated everything in a thick layer of ice and freezing countless animals, plants, and people to death. Mequ̽ Màchu Mîze lost 263 people, and 254 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Anguish Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

History