Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo (/xiˈwɨdmə̝/ /ˈbanfo/ [final] [chance; odds]) is a subtropical Town located in Triqtkrukrakamaji Parish, Berěbudbǐb District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo was founded by Syllaemus Trgfê Trtesî, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo receives an average of 205 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5666 m (18589 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1218, by Syllaemus Trgfê Trtesî. The establishment of Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Syllaemus Trgfê Trtesî struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo as a prison colony.

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo 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 Khiwìdmă Banfo is buildings are arranged arround a single broad canals mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The town has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's cost-cutting-focused defences 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.

Right off the bat Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo 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. This wealth has brought the town nothing but neurosis, if you can believe your eyes. Everyone acts as if you’re out to take a piece of them. Every door is locked and every window barred. Efforts are made to make you feel welcome, but only in the public areas of the town, particularly the market.

Civic Infrastructure

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo 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 Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's parks.

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

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

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo 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 Khiwìdmă Banfo's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo 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 Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's mayor's house 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, autumn is long in Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo.

The Domovoi near Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 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.

Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo Census Data: Year 2000

398 of Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 84 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 62 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

830 of Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 64 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo was attacked by a group of nobles with their private armies. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo lost 133 people, 279 livestock, and 69 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 83, when members of Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's militia enacted an operation to capture a particular port intact. The operation was complicated by enemy spies who revealed the militia's plan. The conflict ended with needing to break through the enemy's lines, which ended in a crushing defeat for Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Wæm Khiwìdmă Banfo's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History