Vovjirkik Gíhm

Vovjirkik Gíhm (/vov/ /ˈjirkic/ [vision] [obscure]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Gesiēinsu Region of the Tetburland.

The name Vovjirkik Gíhm is derived from the Goblin language, as Vovjirkik Gíhm was founded by Alcelamorpha, who was culturaly Tauran.

Climate

Vovjirkik Gíhm has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Vovjirkik Gíhm receives an average of 255 cm/y (100 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Vovjirkik Gíhm covers an area of nearly 95 km² (38 mi²), and an average elevation of 2008 m (6587 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vovjirkik Gíhm was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1174, by Alcelamorpha. The establishment of Vovjirkik Gíhm was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Alcelamorpha electing to pay people to resettle in Vovjirkik Gíhm.

Vovjirkik Gíhm was built using the conventions of Tauran durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vovjirkik Gíhm is no diffrent. The city'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.

Vovjirkik Gíhm is buildings are arranged within a network of narrow 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 city rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. Vovjirkik Gíhm's millitarily questionable fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Vovjirkik Gíhm is like looking into a university’s plaza on the day before an exam. People rush about to-and-fro. Discarded scrolls and quills are dotted around city. In spite of many locals discussing academic topics, there’s little sign of any organized groups for any of that talk. Infact, the city seems disordered in general with everything scattered helter skelter about.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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.

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

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

Vovjirkik 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. Vovjirkik Gíhm's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Vovjirkik Gíhm's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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 Vovjirkik Gíhm's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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.

Vovjirkik 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

Vovjirkik Gíhm's garrison 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 Vovjirkik Gíhm leaves and flower petals never touch the ground.

The Butterfly/Moth near Vovjirkik Gíhm are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vovjirkik Gíhm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Conjuration energies of tier 1 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.

Vovjirkik Gíhm Census Data: Year 2000

8525 of Vovjirkik Gíhm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 458 work in Agriculture
• 1941 work as Craftsmen
• 696 work as Merchants
• 1258 work as Service Workers
• 876 work as General Laborers
• 350 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1243 work as Civil Servants
• 764 work in Cottage Industries
• 472 work as Artists
• 467 work in Produce Industries

13539 of Vovjirkik Gíhm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 450 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

Vovjirkik Gíhm 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.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Vovjirkik Gíhm was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Vovjirkik Gíhm lost 280 people, 338 livestock, and 59 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 111, when members of Vovjirkik Gíhm's militia enacted an operation to transport a specific war supplies to a particular port unharmed. The operation was complicated by a key segment of the operation that deepened entirely on a stealth mission going perfectly. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in a stalemate for Vovjirkik Gíhm's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Vovjirkik Gíhm's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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