Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw (/ˈmækvux/ /xɪw/ [native] [custom]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Jĭæsǐkhkǐ Zone, Pinizeva District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw was founded by Kp-57s 'Talos' Shesho, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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 Vd-2a Khǐw receives an average of 227 cm/y (89 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3788 m (12427 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1400, by Kp-57s 'Talos' Shesho. The establishment of Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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 Vd-2a Khǐw is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive packed earth streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The peasent-grade have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw’s streets.

Civic Infrastructure

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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 Vd-2a Khǐw. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw's parks.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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 Vd-2a Khǐw 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 Vd-2a Khǐw 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 Vd-2a Khǐw has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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 Vd-2a Khǐw's natural decorations nor waterways.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw 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.

Cultural Notes

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw.

The Venomroach near Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves drinking to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 via oath swearing.

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 Vd-2a Khǐw Census Data: Year 2000

504 of Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 111 work as Craftsmen
• 41 work as Merchants
• 78 work as Service Workers
• 50 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 76 work as Civil Servants
• 50 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

953 of Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 109 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Wæm Vd-2a Khǐw is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Lake Waddepally began to boil, and released a thick toxic cloud from beneath its waters which brought great calamity to the entire nation, killing every person and animal in its path which could not escape the cloud. Oddly, the plants of the region flourished in the years after the disaster. The disaster brought an end to people, livestock, and buildings. The disaster is referred to as the Grief Wind.

History