Wæm Em-51t Æm

Wæm Em-51t Æm (/wup/ /æm/ [evil; mean; vicious; wild] [artillery]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Khěvnæd Zone, Wækwìilbu District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Em-51t Æm is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Em-51t Æm was founded by Ch́ayna Zënmëga, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Em-51t Æm has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Wæm Em-51t Æm receives an average of 241 cm/y (94 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Wæm Em-51t Æm covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 7590 m (-18048 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Em-51t Æm was founded durring the late 12th century in winter of the year 1053, by Ch́ayna Zënmëga. The establishment of Wæm Em-51t Æm was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Wæm Em-51t Æm's construction back out of the project. Ch́ayna Zënmëga pushed on reguardles, and Wæm Em-51t Æm was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Wæm Em-51t Æm was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Em-51t Æm is no diffrent. The town'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.

Wæm Em-51t Æm is buildings are located arround a single crampt flagstone mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Wæm Em-51t Æm's size could have. The town's well-designed, yet cheep 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 town.

Right off the bat Wæm Em-51t Æm hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the town has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

Wæm Em-51t Æm has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Wæm Em-51t Æm.

Wæm Em-51t Æm 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 Em-51t Æm 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 Em-51t Æm has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Wæm Em-51t Æm's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Wæm Em-51t Æm has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Wæm Em-51t Æm 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 Em-51t Æm's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Wæm Em-51t Æm tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Stag, Emperor near Wæm Em-51t Æm are known to be quite timid.

Wæm Em-51t Æm's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves sex to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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 Em-51t Æm Census Data: Year 2000

288 of Wæm Em-51t Æm's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 61 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 47 work as Service Workers
• 30 work as General Laborers
• 10 work as Skilled Laborers
• 43 work as Civil Servants
• 28 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

648 of Wæm Em-51t Æm's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 59 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Em-51t Æm is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Wæm Em-51t Æm has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century Wæm Em-51t Æm was struck by an anomalously harsh winter storm which brought extreme cold and deep snows along with its blustering winds. The worst of the disaster struck The storm coated everything in a thick layer of ice and freezing countless animals, plants, and people to death. Wæm Em-51t Æm lost 240 people, and 131 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Loss Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

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