Viho Kagî Mîze

Viho Kagî Mîze (/ˈviho/ /ˈkagɪː/ [old; former] [asteroid; comet]) is a subtropical Town located in Hǐlărævda Zone, Vu̹chi Bu̽su Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Viho Kagî Mîze is derived from the Wareneese language, as Viho Kagî Mîze was founded by Shrauc Zënm, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Viho Kagî Mîze has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 5°C (41°F). Viho Kagî Mîze receives an average of 263 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Viho Kagî Mîze covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1842 m (6043 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Viho Kagî Mîze was founded durring the late 14th century in summer of the year 1257, by Shrauc Zënm. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Viho Kagî Mîze was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Viho Kagî Mîze is no diffrent. The town'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.

Viho Kagî Mîze is buildings are arranged within a network of crampt cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The somewhat suffishent 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 look around Viho Kagî Mîze shows Viho Kagî Mîze is little more than a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Birbes can be seen changing hands openly, such that it must be customary to do so and must have been for a long time. The locals have no fear, no annoyance at the state of things, it simply is.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Viho Kagî Mîze 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.

Viho Kagî Mîze 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.

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

Viho Kagî Mîze 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 Town. Viho Kagî Mîze's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

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

Viho Kagî Mîze 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

Viho Kagî Mîze's chapel 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 Viho Kagî Mîze yeast remains dormant.

The Forlarren near Viho Kagî Mîze are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Viho Kagî Mîze's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 3 via mimery.

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.

Viho Kagî Mîze Census Data: Year 2000

390 of Viho Kagî Mîze's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 89 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 56 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

849 of Viho Kagî Mîze's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 38 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

Viho Kagî Mîze used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Viho Kagî Mîze.

The the a notebook of Transmutation, an a notebook imbued with notable amounts of Transmutation energies was created in Viho Kagî Mîze by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

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