Odíhg Jaghùm

Odíhg Jaghùm (/jag/ /hʊm/ [magnet] [dream]) is a subtropical Town located in the Quiegsan Region of the Tetbur Commune.

The name Odíhg Jaghùm is derived from the Tauric language, as Odíhg Jaghùm was founded by Garënm Tudor Terfel Machen Lowcock Pritchardd Goiē̼ā, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Odíhg Jaghùm has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Odíhg Jaghùm receives an average of 235 cm/y (92 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Odíhg Jaghùm covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5436 m (17834 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Odíhg Jaghùm was founded durring the late 10th century, by Garënm Tudor Terfel Machen Lowcock Pritchardd Goiē̼ā. The establishment of Odíhg Jaghùm was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Garënm Tudor Terfel Machen Lowcock Pritchardd Goiē̼ā struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Odíhg Jaghùm as a prison colony.

Odíhg Jaghùm was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Odíhg Jaghùm 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.

Odíhg Jaghùm is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive split-log ties 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 resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Unfortuantly, these robustly designed timber walls are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Odíhg Jaghùm gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Odíhg Jaghùm brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Odíhg Jaghùm 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.

Odíhg Jaghùm 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.

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

Odíhg Jaghùm 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 Town. Odíhg Jaghùm's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Odíhg Jaghùm 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.

Odíhg Jaghùm 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 Odíhg Jaghùm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Odíhg Jaghùm 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.

Odíhg Jaghùm 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

The locals are convinced that there is some terrible threat against them working from within their society. It may be a matter of dark sorcerers, foreign spies, traitorous neighbors, shape shifting monsters, or some other hidden evil. This evil may be a recent fear, or it may be an inherited peril they’ve always had to guard against. The danger itself may or may not exist, or if it exists it may not justify the steps being taken.

Odíhg Jaghùm's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Odíhg Jaghùm the milk never sours.

The Plant-Imbued Ape near Odíhg Jaghùm are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Odíhg Jaghùm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 3 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Odíhg Jaghùm Census Data: Year 2000

396 of Odíhg Jaghùm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 89 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 59 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

887 of Odíhg Jaghùm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 26 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Odíhg Jaghùm'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 Odíhg Jaghùm was struck by a devistating earthquake. The quake brought ruin to Odíhg Jaghùm, which lost 242 people, 318 livestock, and 78 buildings in the earthquake. The day of the quake is remembered by many as Horror's Day.

History