Mî Kiqe

Mî Kiqe (/mɪː/ /ˈkiqe/ [good; fabulous; honest; competent; hot (attractive); nice; sincere] [age]) is a temperate Town located in Himlěymus Zone, I Qûhu̹ Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Mî Kiqe is derived from the Wareneese language, as Mî Kiqe was founded by Erchoril Shèqthêv Shèdshê, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Mî Kiqe has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cold 9°C (48°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 4°C (39°F). Mî Kiqe receives an average of 232 cm/y (91 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Mî Kiqe covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1594 m (5229 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mî Kiqe was founded durring the early 17th century in late fall of the year 1601, by Erchoril Shèqthêv Shèdshê. The establishment of Mî Kiqe suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Mî Kiqe was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mî Kiqe is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Mî Kiqe is buildings are speckled and packed arround broad paverstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Unfortuantly, these minimaly adiquite are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Mî Kiqe has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Mî Kiqe ’s existence was once fed by scholarly pursuits. But the income once drawn in by the works of scribes and academics has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Everywhere about the town one can see abandoned schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the town places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual. Even in these times.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Mî Kiqe 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.

Mî Kiqe 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.

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

Mî Kiqe 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 Mî Kiqe's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mî Kiqe 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.

Mî Kiqe 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.

Mî Kiqe 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

Mî Kiqe's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Mî Kiqe tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Skinstitch near Mî Kiqe are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mî Kiqe's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel 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.

Mî Kiqe Census Data: Year 2000

415 of Mî Kiqe's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 93 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 14 work as Skilled Laborers
• 59 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

857 of Mî Kiqe's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 81 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mî Kiqe is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

Almost every community has some problem with bandits and highwaymen, but Mî Kiqe is seriously plagued with raiders. One or more groups of persistent plunderers are hitting the community repeatedly, and they lack the necessary resources to fend them off or protect all their holdings.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Vi̽ Mokkō Fields was struck by a drought when Pond Haflong grew too small to continue feeding Backwater Winterster, which reduced the available water supply nationwide, but was especially harsh in the area arround Mî Kiqe. As the neighboring regions had no water so spare, Mî Kiqe lost 250 people, and 198 livestock in the disaster.. The drought lasted for 2 weeks, which are remembered as the Heartbreak Thirst.

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