Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ (/bæv/ /xidˈmurɪ/ [gene] [fossil]) is a subtropical Town located in Lominapzæ Zone, Pz-339jnup District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ was founded by Cara Èqthèdsh, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1618 m (5308 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ was founded durring the late 11th century, by Cara Èqthèdsh. The establishment of Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Cara Èqthèdsh struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ as a prison colony.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ 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.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town 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. Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ's exceptionaly well made 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 Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ 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.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ 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.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ 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.

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

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ 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. Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ 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.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ 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

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ.

The Vukodlak near Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ'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 Charm energies of tier 3 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.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ Census Data: Year 2000

366 of Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 55 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

836 of Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 24 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ is centered around a major pilgrimage site. This may be a religious location of importance to a major faith, or it may be a more secular institution that draws the traffic, like a famous academy or the remains of some wondrous ancient work. Considerable local tension likely exists over controlling the access to the site and maximizing the profits from foreign visitors.

Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century an unusualy harsh winter spawned a deadly blizard to Wæm Bæv-khidmurǐ. The ice, snow, and wind killed 272 people, 108 livestock, and destroyed 50. The event is remembered as Agony's Breath.

History