Tmewhum Se

Tmewhum Se (Tmew /hum/ [adventure] [wing]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Dêliêsa County, Vùjluwo Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Tmewhum Se is derived from the Tauric language, as Tmewhum Se was founded by Alexandria Wogan, who was culturaly Tauric.

Climate

Tmewhum Se has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Tmewhum Se receives an average of 255 cm/y (100 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Tmewhum Se covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 9692 m (-11151 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Tmewhum Se was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1353, by Alexandria Wogan. The establishment of Tmewhum Se was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Alexandria Wogan struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Tmewhum Se as a prison colony.

Tmewhum Se was built using the conventions of Tauric durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Tmewhum Se is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Tmewhum Se is is constructed arround a series of crampt packed earth mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Tmewhum Se's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The monster and outlaw focused 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.

Right off the bat Tmewhum Se hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the town has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Tmewhum Se 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.

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

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

Tmewhum Se possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Tmewhum Se has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Tmewhum Se 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.

Tmewhum Se 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.

Cultural Notes

While Tmewhum Se has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Tmewhum Se'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 Tmewhum Se there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Spider, Scarlet (Tiny) near Tmewhum Se are known to be quite timid.

Tmewhum Se's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 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.

Tmewhum Se Census Data: Year 2000

277 of Tmewhum Se's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 57 work as Craftsmen
• 20 work as Merchants
• 44 work as Service Workers
• 28 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 42 work as Civil Servants
• 28 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

666 of Tmewhum Se's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 29 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with wealth for a year and a day. One of Tmewhum Se's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History