Tapzùtomā Gíhm

Tapzùtomā Gíhm (/ˈtapzʊ/ /ˈtoməˑ/ [scale (skin of reptiles)] [cute]) is a temperate Large City located in Julaqopa County, Pekhyiqtkikelevu Provence, within the Daland.

The name Tapzùtomā Gíhm is derived from the Sylvin language, as Tapzùtomā Gíhm was founded by Skaarg, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Tapzùtomā Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Tapzùtomā Gíhm receives an average of 182 cm/y (71 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Tapzùtomā Gíhm covers an area of nearly 141 km² (56 mi²), and an average elevation of 9380 m (-12175 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Tapzùtomā Gíhm was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1235, by Skaarg. The establishment of Tapzùtomā Gíhm was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Skaarg electing to pay people to resettle in Tapzùtomā Gíhm.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt paverstone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The would-be-castle fortifications 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 quick look in any direction shows Tapzùtomā Gíhm is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this city live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

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

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

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

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

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

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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. Tapzùtomā Gíhm's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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 Tapzùtomā Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm 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

Tapzùtomā Gíhm's garrison 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Tapzùtomā Gíhm.

The Copsewight near Tapzùtomā Gíhm are known to be quite timid.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

12717 of Tapzùtomā Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 728 work in Agriculture
• 2827 work as Craftsmen
• 1004 work as Merchants
• 1936 work as Service Workers
• 1276 work as General Laborers
• 528 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1854 work as Civil Servants
• 1151 work in Cottage Industries
• 738 work as Artists
• 675 work in Produce Industries

18179 of Tapzùtomā Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2686 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Tapzùtomā Gíhm has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Tapzùtomā Gíhm is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Tapzùtomā Gíhm was rocked by a string of powerful winter storms. The worst of the disaster struck The storm coated everything in a thick layer of ice and freezing countless animals, plants, and people to death. Tapzùtomā Gíhm lost 250 people, and 335 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Death Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

History