Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya (/ˈvʊgʊ/ /ˈlos̺e/ [bad] [pumpkin]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Lo Karû Principality of the Lallalo.

The name Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya is derived from the Goblin language, as Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya was founded by Tharngwen, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 6°C (42°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant -12°C (11°F). Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya receives an average of 222 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya covers an area of nearly 107 km² (42 mi²), and an average elevation of 5306 m (17408 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1356, by Tharngwen. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Tharngwen.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya is buildings are speckled and packed arround narrow flagstone 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 exceptionaly well made fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

A look around Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine which makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya long.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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 Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's parks.

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

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

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

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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. Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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 Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya 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

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Mercane near Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves line dance to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 via oratory performances.

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.

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

9579 of Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 535 work in Agriculture
• 2171 work as Craftsmen
• 777 work as Merchants
• 1482 work as Service Workers
• 961 work as General Laborers
• 388 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1377 work as Civil Servants
• 842 work in Cottage Industries
• 533 work as Artists
• 513 work in Produce Industries

15092 of Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 763 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya is a major trade hub, connecting several important cities or resource production areas. It’s probably at an important river juncture, ancient crossroads, or occupying the only safe path through some perilous wilderness. Its position may be important enough that it can survive on trade alone, despite being unable to feed itself with the surrounding land. Such hubs are usually heavily garrisoned by the lord who profits from their tariffs and taxes.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with wealth for a year and a day. One of Vûgû Los̺e Gûchya's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History