Mægâli Æqî Gûchya

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya (/mæˈgɑli/ /ˈæqɪː/ [crumb] [grandfather]) is a subtropical Large City located in Dletktksigu County, Movovaz̄ado Provence, within the Daland.

The name Mægâli Æqî Gûchya is derived from the Goblin language, as Mægâli Æqî Gûchya was founded by Poderma, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 14°C (57°F). Mægâli Æqî Gûchya receives an average of 232 cm/y (91 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Mægâli Æqî Gûchya covers an area of nearly 198 km² (79 mi²), and an average elevation of 516 m (1692 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya was founded durring the late 17th century in late summer of the year 1599, by Poderma. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mægâli Æqî Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya is buildings are arranged arround a single crampt flagstone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. 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 Mægâli Æqî Gûchya, 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 Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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 Mægâli Æqî Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Mægâli Æqî Gûchya's parks.

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

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

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

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

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

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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. Mægâli Æqî Gûchya's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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 Mægâli Æqî Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya 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

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Mægâli Æqî Gûchya grains of dust blow into perfectly neat rows.

The Manticore near Mægâli Æqî Gûchya are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

17568 of Mægâli Æqî Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 920 work in Agriculture
• 3960 work as Craftsmen
• 1419 work as Merchants
• 2663 work as Service Workers
• 1808 work as General Laborers
• 718 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2632 work as Civil Servants
• 1538 work in Cottage Industries
• 988 work as Artists
• 922 work in Produce Industries

28328 of Mægâli Æqî Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 936 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Mægâli Æqî Gûchya is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century heavy spring rains following an uncharacteristically dry year and a minor earthquake resulted in the collapse of the north west slope of Mandala Mountain. the landslide struck Mægâli Æqî Gûchya, and devastated the community. 217 people, 397 livestock, and 81 buildings were lost to the calamity. The disaster is recorded in history as Doom's Fall.

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