Wæm Ka Hǐw

Wæm Ka Hǐw (/ka/ /hɪw/ [last (only remaining)] [beach]) is a subtropical Town located in Zajiuvuyi Zone, Bw-186ynæd District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Ka Hǐw is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Ka Hǐw was founded by Èlegfê Tsmëga, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Ka Hǐw has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Wæm Ka Hǐw receives an average of 179 cm/y (70 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Wæm Ka Hǐw covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 6226 m (20426 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Ka Hǐw was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1367, by Èlegfê Tsmëga. The establishment of Wæm Ka Hǐw was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Wæm Ka Hǐw's construction back out of the project. Èlegfê Tsmëga pushed on reguardles, and Wæm Ka Hǐw was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Wæm Ka Hǐw was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Ka Hǐw 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 Ka Hǐw is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of narrow packed earth streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The town's would-be-castle fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look around Wæm Ka Hǐw gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Wæm Ka Hǐw can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Wæm Ka Hǐw places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Wæm Ka Hǐw 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 Ka Hǐw 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 Ka Hǐw 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.

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

Wæm Ka Hǐw 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 Ka Hǐw's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

Wæm Ka Hǐw 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 Ka Hǐw's locals despise outsiders. For some “outsiders” may be natives of foreign lands, while others might have a grudge against anyone from outside the community. These locals have an active loathing, and the outsiders allowed to trade or interact with them do so at a heavy disadvantage.

Wæm Ka Hǐw's garrison 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, spring is recurring in Wæm Ka Hǐw.

The Giant cockroach near Wæm Ka Hǐw are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Wæm Ka Hǐw's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Charm 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 Ka Hǐw Census Data: Year 2000

374 of Wæm Ka Hǐw's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 79 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

764 of Wæm Ka Hǐw's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 85 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Ka Hǐw is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

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History

The the a set of sabatons of Necromancy, an a set of sabatons imbued with notable amounts of Necromancy energies was created in Wæm Ka Hǐw by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History