Vàcha Uyà

Vàcha Uyà (/ˈqu̹mə/ /ˈujə/ [scared; afraid] [emphasis]) is a temperate Small Town located in Sekroqakho Kingdom, I Qûhu̹ Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Vàcha Uyà is derived from the Wareneese language, as Vàcha Uyà was founded by Ghrebeng Trîv, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Vàcha Uyà has a yearly average temperature of 10°C (50°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -6°C (22°F). Vàcha Uyà receives an average of 317 cm/y (124 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vàcha Uyà covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4392 m (14409 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vàcha Uyà was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1349, by Ghrebeng Trîv. The establishment of Vàcha Uyà was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ghrebeng Trîv struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Vàcha Uyà as a prison colony.

Vàcha Uyà was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vàcha Uyà 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.

Vàcha Uyà is was constructed arround several premissive flagstone mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The town is protected by a series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. The bare minimum defences 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 Vàcha Uyà 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. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Vàcha Uyà 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.

Vàcha Uyà 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.

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

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

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

Vàcha Uyà 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

Vàcha Uyà's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Vàcha Uyà rainbows form quite often above the Small Town.

The Bear, Brown (Grizzly) near Vàcha Uyà are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vàcha Uyà's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Transmutation energies of tier 1 via chanting.

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.

Vàcha Uyà Census Data: Year 2000

294 of Vàcha Uyà's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 63 work as Craftsmen
• 20 work as Merchants
• 47 work as Service Workers
• 29 work as General Laborers
• 10 work as Skilled Laborers
• 46 work as Civil Servants
• 30 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

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

Points of Interest

Some important ruler or leading figure resides in the community. This may be the seat of a regional lord, or it could be the traditional residence of a high priest, great magus, merchant house, or other wielder of influence. The community itself may or may not be under their direct control, but the wishes of the august figure must be acknowledged by the locals.

Vàcha Uyà's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

The the a belt of Wild Magic, an a belt imbued with great amounts of Wild Magic energies was created near Vablës-arî Fêqê by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History