Utopshlad Gíhm

Utopshlad Gíhm (Utopsh /lad/ [medium] [boyfriend]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Sti̊ci̊q Region of the Tetburland.

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

Climate

Utopshlad Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Utopshlad Gíhm receives an average of 286 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Utopshlad Gíhm covers an area of nearly 114 km² (45 mi²), and an average elevation of 1860 m (6102 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Utopshlad Gíhm was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1371, by Dukdriginn. The establishment of Utopshlad Gíhm was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Utopshlad Gíhm's construction back out of the project. Dukdriginn pushed on reguardles, and Utopshlad Gíhm was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Utopshlad Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Utopshlad Gíhm is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Utopshlad Gíhm is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive paverstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city'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 city. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The city's exceptionaly well made fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

Utopshlad Gíhm is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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.

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

Utopshlad Gíhm has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Utopshlad 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. Utopshlad Gíhm's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Utopshlad Gíhm 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.

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

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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 Utopshlad Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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.

Utopshlad 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

Utopshlad Gíhm's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Utopshlad Gíhm rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Psyche Serpent near Utopshlad Gíhm are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Utopshlad Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Utopshlad Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

10169 of Utopshlad Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 541 work in Agriculture
• 2315 work as Craftsmen
• 839 work as Merchants
• 1519 work as Service Workers
• 1049 work as General Laborers
• 430 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1452 work as Civil Servants
• 917 work in Cottage Industries
• 572 work as Artists
• 535 work in Produce Industries

16245 of Utopshlad Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 539 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Utopshlad Gíhm has access to some sort of functioning ancient infrastructure, whether it's an array of wall-mounted arcane energy projectors, running water, moving roadways, community-wide climate control, or some other inherited luxury. This infrastructure may be the result of a still-functional Working, or it could be the product of some venerable occult engine that's still operational, or it may be the fruit of the labors of some specially-designed organism or Blighted populace.

Utopshlad Gíhm makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

The the a suit of scale armour of Wild Magic, an a suit of scale armour imbued with notable amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Utopshlad Gíhm by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History