Mer Bougmën Med

Mer Bougmën Med (/mer/ /boˈugmɛn/ [accurate; valid] [well; reservoir]) is a subtropical Large City located in Vro̠lyōf Zone, Dranocrin Province, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Mer Bougmën Med is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Mer Bougmën Med was founded by Giant Ticks Eenzin, who was culturaly Wood Elven.

Climate

Mer Bougmën Med has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Mer Bougmën Med receives an average of 279 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Mer Bougmën Med covers an area of nearly 452 km² (180 mi²), and an average elevation of 4168 m (13674 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mer Bougmën Med was founded durring the late 15th century in summer of the year 1376, by Giant Ticks Eenzin. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Mer Bougmën Med was built using the conventions of Wood Elven durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mer Bougmën Med is no diffrent. The city'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.

Mer Bougmën Med is is constructed arround a semi-circular broad baked earthen mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Mer Bougmën Med, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The Relic of the World That Was 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 Mer Bougmën Med has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. 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 with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Mer Bougmën Med suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Mer Bougmën Med long.

Civic Infrastructure

Mer Bougmën Med possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

Mer Bougmën Med 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 Mer Bougmën Med. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Mer Bougmën Med's parks.

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

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

Mer Bougmën Med has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Mer Bougmën Med has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

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

Mer Bougmën Med has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Mer Bougmën Med 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. Mer Bougmën Med's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

Mer Bougmën Med has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

Mer Bougmën Med 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 Mer Bougmën Med's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

Mer Bougmën Med 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.

Mer Bougmën Med 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

Mer Bougmën Med's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

=In Mer Bougmën Med when drawing, it's impossible to draw an imperfect circle.

The Xtabay near Mer Bougmën Med are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mer Bougmën Med's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Abjuration energies of tier 2 via oath swearing.

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.

Mer Bougmën Med Census Data: Year 2000

40655 of Mer Bougmën Med's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2414 work in Agriculture
• 8881 work as Craftsmen
• 3235 work as Merchants
• 6192 work as Service Workers
• 4041 work as General Laborers
• 1698 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6420 work as Civil Servants
• 3454 work in Cottage Industries
• 2177 work as Artists
• 2143 work in Produce Industries

60111 of Mer Bougmën Med's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 5303 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Mer Bougmën Med's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

Mer Bougmën Med is still bloodied by a recent violent conflict. A crushing bandit raid, a lost siege, getting caught at the periphery of a major battle, or some other calamity has inflicted severe damage on the place. Some communities may suffer a longer-term version of this, their youths lost in a grinding, endless battle against some perpetual threat.

The the a club of Necromancy, an a club imbued with great amounts of Necromancy energies was created near Mê-ëg̈ê Îè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History