Miri Vabâ

Miri Vabâ (/mu̹/ /ˈvabɑ/ [brown] [garden; park]) is a subtropical Town located in the Qàdurû Vu̽yûchû Principality of the City-state of Kakoray.

The name Miri Vabâ is derived from the Wareneese language, as Miri Vabâ was founded by Ghrebeng Glepî, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Miri Vabâ has a yearly average temperature of 12°C (53°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 16°C (60°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 8°C (46°F). Miri Vabâ receives an average of 247 cm/y (97 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Miri Vabâ covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1752 m (5748 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Miri Vabâ was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1353, by Ghrebeng Glepî. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Miri Vabâ was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Miri Vabâ 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.

Miri Vabâ is is constructed arround a series of spacious cobblestone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The town's exceptionaly well made 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 Miri Vabâ 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

Miri Vabâ 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 Miri Vabâ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Miri Vabâ's parks.

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

Miri Vabâ 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.

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

Miri Vabâ 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.

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

Miri Vabâ 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 Miri Vabâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Miri Vabâ 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.

Miri Vabâ 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

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.

Miri Vabâ'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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Miri Vabâ.

The Lynx (Cat, Great) near Miri Vabâ are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Miri Vabâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Abjuration energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Miri Vabâ Census Data: Year 2000

414 of Miri Vabâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 88 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 70 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 14 work as Skilled Laborers
• 62 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

855 of Miri Vabâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 80 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Miri Vabâ's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of spared the town from an attack. Miri Vabâ created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History