S̺iyi Chyu̽yu

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu (/ˈs̺iji/ /ˈcu̽ju/ [zombie] [tea]) is a subtropical Town located in Hǐlărævda Zone, Vu̹chi Bu̽su Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name S̺iyi Chyu̽yu is derived from the Wareneese language, as S̺iyi Chyu̽yu was founded by Charity Treg̈me, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 12°C (53°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 15°C (59°F). S̺iyi Chyu̽yu receives an average of 250 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. S̺iyi Chyu̽yu covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1548 m (5078 ft) above sea level.

Overview

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu was founded durring the early 16th century in winter of the year 1510, by Charity Treg̈me. The establishment of S̺iyi Chyu̽yu suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of S̺iyi Chyu̽yu which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

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

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt cobblestone streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of S̺iyi Chyu̽yu, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its god. More than it loves wealth. The town is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in S̺iyi Chyu̽yu.

Civic Infrastructure

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu 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.

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu 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.

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

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu 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. S̺iyi Chyu̽yu's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu 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 S̺iyi Chyu̽yu's natural decorations nor waterways.

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu 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.

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu 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.

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu 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

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In S̺iyi Chyu̽yu every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Dinosaur, Pachycephalosaurus near S̺iyi Chyu̽yu are known to be quite timid.

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Charm 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.

S̺iyi Chyu̽yu Census Data: Year 2000

442 of S̺iyi Chyu̽yu's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 98 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 73 work as Service Workers
• 46 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 65 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

912 of S̺iyi Chyu̽yu's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 71 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of S̺iyi Chyu̽yu’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath S̺iyi Chyu̽yu’s streets.

The roads leading into S̺iyi Chyu̽yu possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

The the a quarterstaff of Charm, an a quarterstaff imbued with potent amounts of Charm energies was created in S̺iyâ Hægu̽chû Mîze by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History