Mume Busa

Mume Busa (/ˈcarə/ /ˈbusa/ [wild] [heritage]) is a temperate Town located in Yǐslomæběs Zone, Bæru̽sa Vu̽ Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Mume Busa is derived from the Wareneese language, as Mume Busa was founded by Yoī́̄y Yä̂f̄kī 'Lovesio Demi' Ya̋chīy Ya̋chvónḱ Gāshvoīb Breshêm, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Mume Busa has a yearly average temperature of 8°C (46°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 21°C (69°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -5°C (23°F). Mume Busa receives an average of 280 cm/y (110 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Mume Busa covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 950 m (3116 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mume Busa was founded durring the early 16th century in spring of the year 1528, by Yoī́̄y Yä̂f̄kī 'Lovesio Demi' Ya̋chīy Ya̋chvónḱ Gāshvoīb Breshêm. The establishment of Mume Busa suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Mume Busa which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Mume Busa was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mume Busa 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.

Mume Busa is buildings are arranged within a network of crampt cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The town's peasent-grade 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.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Mume Busa. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Mume Busa 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.

Mume Busa 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.

Mume Busa 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.

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

Mume Busa has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

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

Mume Busa 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

Mume Busa's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Mume Busa most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Ramidreju near Mume Busa are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Mume Busa's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 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.

Mume Busa Census Data: Year 2000

324 of Mume Busa's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 21 work in Agriculture
• 72 work as Craftsmen
• 23 work as Merchants
• 55 work as Service Workers
• 32 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 48 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 15 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

716 of Mume Busa's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 21 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

A great magical Working has been a critical part of Mume Busa since its creation, but now it's beginning to decay. It may function only intermittently, now, or its effects may have curdled into something double-edged. The locals have no idea how to fix it, and indeed, it may not be possible to repair it with modern science or sorcery.

Mume Busa is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami granted the town a great harvest. One of Mume Busa's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History