Vapía-laka Dêtîkè

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè (/ˈvap˔a/ /ˈlaka/ [certain; sure] [campaign; crusade]) is a temperate Town located in the Mèrevaqêyê Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Vapía-laka Dêtîkè is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Vapía-laka Dêtîkè was founded by Guruth Tshèdonka, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Vapía-laka Dêtîkè receives an average of 277 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Vapía-laka Dêtîkè covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1568 m (5144 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè was founded durring the early 14th century in fall of the year 1344, by Guruth Tshèdonka. The establishment of Vapía-laka Dêtîkè suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Vapía-laka Dêtîkè which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vapía-laka Dêtîkè is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of crampt cobblestone streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The town's timber-based walls are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

A look around Vapía-laka Dêtîkè seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do.

Civic Infrastructure

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vapía-laka Dêtîkè.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè 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.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè 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.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè 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.

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

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè 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

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Vapía-laka Dêtîkè the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Psyche Serpent near Vapía-laka Dêtîkè are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves drinking to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 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.

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè Census Data: Year 2000

350 of Vapía-laka Dêtîkè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 57 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

745 of Vapía-laka Dêtîkè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 45 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

Vapía-laka Dêtîkè is in secret rebellion against their ostensible liege, having cut deals with his enemies, plotted to betray him for their own gain, or bridled under his tyranny and sought a better lord. The community’s leadership is all in on this plot, and outside viceroys or representatives are being kept carefully ignorant of the reality. The common folk may be oblivious to the truth, though they’ll doubtless have felt the same motivations and promptings that convinced their leaders to turn traitor.

The the a church of Illusion, an a church imbued with notable amounts of Illusion energies was created near Vapía-laka Dêtîkè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History