Vûra Kîzu Gûchya

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya (/ˈlu̽dɪː/ /ˈkɪːzu/ [earnest] [fruit; seed; grain]) is a subtropical Large City located in Menû Keni Kingdom, Vu̹chi Bu̽su Empire, within the Warren.

The name Vûra Kîzu Gûchya is derived from the Goblin language, as Vûra Kîzu Gûchya was founded by Dyesho, who was culturaly Rattu.

Climate

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 7°C (44°F). Vûra Kîzu Gûchya receives an average of 163 cm/y (64 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Vûra Kîzu Gûchya covers an area of nearly 165 km² (66 mi²), and an average elevation of 2782 m (9127 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya was founded durring the early 11th century, by Dyesho. The establishment of Vûra Kîzu Gûchya was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Dyesho struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Vûra Kîzu Gûchya as a prison colony.

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya was built using the conventions of Rattu durring the early 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vûra Kîzu Gûchya is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of crampt paverstone 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 city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Vûra Kîzu Gûchya, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The city's Relic of the World That Was have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look around Vûra Kîzu 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 scutteling 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 with the abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the city places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Vûra Kîzu Gûchya long.

Civic Infrastructure

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

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

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

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

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

Vûra Kîzu 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. Vûra Kîzu Gûchya's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

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

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Vûra Kîzu 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 Vûra Kîzu Gûchya's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu 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.

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

The locals are convinced that there is some terrible threat against them working from within their society. It may be a matter of dark sorcerers, foreign spies, traitorous neighbors, shape shifting monsters, or some other hidden evil. This evil may be a recent fear, or it may be an inherited peril they’ve always had to guard against. The danger itself may or may not exist, or if it exists it may not justify the steps being taken.

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya's town hall 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is recurring in Vûra Kîzu Gûchya.

The Land Lamprey near Vûra Kîzu Gûchya are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves creating small tokens to channel Invocation energies of tier 2 via throat 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.

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya Census Data: Year 2000

14825 of Vûra Kîzu Gûchya's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 826 work in Agriculture
• 3418 work as Craftsmen
• 1185 work as Merchants
• 2269 work as Service Workers
• 1499 work as General Laborers
• 610 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2141 work as Civil Servants
• 1258 work in Cottage Industries
• 834 work as Artists
• 785 work in Produce Industries

22070 of Vûra Kîzu Gûchya's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2355 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vûra Kîzu Gûchya is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

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

History