City: Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ
Example Rattu architecture.

State	Warren
Provence	Mî Kûrà Empire
Sub Provence	Ràlolà Gûho Kingdom
Region	Mbo̠n-qōl Brush
Founded	1290
Community Leader	Lord Kuzkheh
Area	37 km² (14 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	9°C (48°F)
Average Elevation	3714 m (12185 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	98 cm/y (38 in/y)
Population	8803
Population Density	237 people per km² (628 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Illusion
Naming
Native name	Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ
Pronunciation	/ˈrarʊ/ /ˈgu̹gu/
Direct Translation	[oyster] [dove]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

The name Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ is derived from the Sylvin language, as Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ was founded by Zêrga, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ has a yearly average temperature of 9°C (48°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -5°C (23°F). Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ receives an average of 98 cm/y (38 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ covers an area of nearly 37 km² (14 mi²), and an average elevation of 3714 m (12185 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1290, by Zêrga. The establishment of Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Zêrga electing to pay people to resettle in Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ is no diffrent. The city'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.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive paverstone streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the city's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. Unfortuantly, these boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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 Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's parks.

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

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

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

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

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

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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 City. Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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 Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's natural decorations nor waterways.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 via 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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 15
Farmers: 26
Farm Laborer: 55
Hunters: 30
Milk Maids: 23
Ranchers: 11
Ranch Hands: 21
Shepherds: 24

Farmland: 35828 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 2200
Poultry: 26409
Swine: 1760
Sheep: 88
Goats: 17
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 880

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 18
Blacksmiths: 20
Bookbinders: 11
Buckle-makers: 11
Cabinetmakers: 19
Candlemakers: 30
Carpenters: 25
Clothmakers: 22
Coach and Harness Makers: 8
Coopers: 20
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 12
Copyists: 8
Cutlers: 7
Fabricworkers: 20
Farrier: 53
Furriers: 5
Glassworkers: 27
Gunsmiths: 17
Harness-Makers: 8
Hatters: 17
Hosiery Workers: 6
Jewelers: 10
Leatherwrights: 22
Locksmiths: 8
Matchstick makers: 14
Musical Instrument Makers: 12
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 11
Paper Workers: 13
Plasterers: 12
Pursemakers: 14
Roofers: 9
Ropemakers: 8
Rugmakers: 8
Saddlers: 15
Scabbardmakers: 19
Scalemakers: 9
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 5
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 8
Shoemakers: 8
Soap and Tallow Workers: 28
Tailors: 50
Tanners: 11
Upholsterers: 12
Watchmakers: 11
Weavers: 24
Whitesmiths: 6

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 6
Arcana Sellers: 6
Beer-Sellers: 11
Booksellers: 13
Butchers: 20
Chandlers: 20
Chicken Butchers: 21
Entrepreneurs: 9
Fine Clothiers: 23
Fishmongers: 22
Florists: 5
Potion Sellers: 14
Resellers: 33
Spice Merchants: 11
Wine-sellers: 17
Wheelwright: 14
Woodsellers: 8

Service workers

Bakers: 55
Barbers: 34
Coachmen: 12
Cooks: 36
Doctors: 20
Gamekeepers: 13
Grooms: 7
Hairdressers: 29
Healers: 26
Housekeepers: 25
Housemaids: 44
House Stewards: 23
Inns: 8
Laundry maids: 16
Maidservants: 27
Nursery Maids: 15
Pastrycooks: 30
Restaurateur: 44
Tavern Keepers: 36

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 12
Bleachers: 8
Chemical Workers: 5
Coal Heavers: 16
In-Town Couriers: 20
Long Haul Couriers: 20
Dockyard Workers: 17
Gas Workers: 4
Hay Merchants: 7
Leech Collectors: 24
Millers: 18
Miners: 19
Oilmen and Polishers: 13
Postmen: 19
Pure Finder: 11
Skinners: 28
Sugar Refiners: 5
Tosher: 14
Warehousemen: 27
Watercarriers: 19
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 25

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 11
Alchemist: 14
Clerk: 17
Dentists: 8
Educators: 23
Engineers: 12
Gardeners: 8
Mages: 6
Plumbers: 9
Pharmacist: 9
Professors: 3
Scientists: 6
Wizards: 3

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 8
Bankers: 12
Civil Clerks: 20
Civic Iudex: 9
Consultants: 5
Exorcist: 21
Fixers: 10
Kami Clerk: 16
Landlords: 15
Lawyers: 11
Legend Keepers: 13
Militia Officers: 80
Monks, Monastic: 29
Monks, Civic: 27
Historian, Oral: 19
Historian, Textual: 10
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 19
Priests: 35
Rangers: 11
Rat Catchers: 13
Scholars: 13
Spiritualist: 16
Slayers: 4
Storytellers: 32
Military Officers: 32

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 25
Comfort Services: 35
Enchanters: 9
Herbalists: 9
Jaminators: 29
Needleworkers: 31
Potters: 14
Preserve Makers: 25
Quilters: 13
Seamsters: 46
Spinners: 25
Tinker: 9
Weaver: 22

Artists

Actors: 9
Architects: 3
Bards: 14
Costumers: 5
Dancers: 10
Drafters: 5
Engravers: 6
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 4
Glaziers: 9
Inlayers: 8
Musicians: 23
Painters, Art: 4
Playwrights: 9
Sculptors, Art: 7
Wood Carvers: 31
Writers: 29

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 35
Canners: 29
Cheesmakers: 36
Ice Merchants: 3
Millers: 17
Picklers: 14
Smokers: 11
Stockmakers: 10
Tobacconists: 14
Tallowmakers: 19

3250 of Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

5289 of Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 264 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of protected Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's harvest from an army of bandits. Rarû Gu̹gu Kâchyâ's militia's elite squad is named after .