Town: Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn
Example Constructi architecture.
StateFederation of Alveria
ProvenceDewlǐq District
Sub ProvenceVyasksktpeje Zone
RegionRochtry Maquis
Founded1334
Community LeaderAdministrator Zhesh Gadsë
Area5 km2 (2 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp33°C (91°F)
Average Elevation14852 m (5777 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation160 cm/y (62 in/y)
Population1179
Population Density235 people per km2 (589 people per mi2)
Town AuraTruename Magic
Naming
Native nameWæm Wækwì Jĭèn
Pronunciation/ˈwækwɨ/ /ʤɤn/
Direct Translation[stupid; dumb; silly] [tooth]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn (/ˈwækwɨ/ /ʤɤn/ [stupid; dumb; silly] [tooth]) is a subtropical Town located in Vyasksktpeje Zone, Dewlǐq District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn is derived from the Constructi language, as Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn was founded by Halicata Zèdsmêm, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn has a yearly average temperature of 33°C (91°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 38°C (100°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 29°C (84°F). Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn receives an average of 160 cm/y (62 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn covers an area of nearly 5 km2 (2 mi2), and an average elevation of 14852 m (5777 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1334, by Halicata Zèdsmêm. The establishment of Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Halicata Zèdsmêm electing to pay people to resettle in Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn.

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn 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 Wækwì Jĭèn is buildings are arranged arround a single restrictive packed earth 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 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 well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the town's defences.

A look around Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

=In Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn when drawing, it's impossible to draw an imperfect circle.

The Bogwid near Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn are known to be quite timid.

Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn'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 Conjuration energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 2
  • Farmers: 3
  • Farm Laborer: 8
  • Hunters: 4
  • Milk Maids: 2
  • Ranchers: 1
  • Ranch Hands: 3
  • Shepherds: 2
    • Farmland: 4727 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 294
    • Poultry: 3537
    • Swine: 235
    • Sheep: 11
    • Goats: 2
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 117

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 2
  • Blacksmiths: 2
  • Bookbinders: 1
  • Buckle-makers: 1
  • Cabinetmakers: 2
  • Candlemakers: 3
  • Carpenters: 3
  • Clothmakers: 3
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 1
  • Coopers: 2
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
  • Copyists: 1
  • Cutlers: 1
  • Fabricworkers: 2
  • Farrier: 6
  • Glassworkers: 3
  • Gunsmiths: 2
  • Harness-Makers: 1
  • Hatters: 2
  • Jewelers: 1
  • Leatherwrights: 3
  • Locksmiths: 1
  • Matchstick makers: 1
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 1
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Paper Workers: 1
  • Plasterers: 1
  • Pursemakers: 2
  • Roofers: 1
  • Ropemakers: 1
  • Rugmakers: 1
  • Saddlers: 2
  • Scabbardmakers: 2
  • Scalemakers: 1
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Shoemakers: 1
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 3
  • Tailors: 6
  • Tanners: 1
  • Upholsterers: 1
  • Watchmakers: 1
  • Weavers: 3

Merchants

  • Beer-Sellers: 1
  • Booksellers: 1
  • Butchers: 2
  • Chandlers: 2
  • Chicken Butchers: 3
  • Entrepreneurs: 1
  • Fine Clothiers: 3
  • Fishmongers: 3
  • Potion Sellers: 2
  • Resellers: 4
  • Spice Merchants: 1
  • Wine-sellers: 2
  • Wheelwright: 1
  • Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

  • Bakers: 5
  • Barbers: 5
  • Coachmen: 1
  • Cooks: 4
  • Doctors: 2
  • Gamekeepers: 1
  • Grooms: 1
  • Hairdressers: 4
  • Healers: 2
  • Housekeepers: 3
  • Housemaids: 7
  • House Stewards: 3
  • Inns: 1
  • Laundry maids: 2
  • Maidservants: 4
  • Nursery Maids: 2
  • Pastrycooks: 4
  • Restaurateur: 5
  • Tavern Keepers: 4

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 1
  • Bleachers: 1
  • Coal Heavers: 2
  • In-Town Couriers: 2
  • Long Haul Couriers: 2
  • Dockyard Workers: 2
  • Hay Merchants: 1
  • Leech Collectors: 3
  • Millers: 2
  • Miners: 2
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 1
  • Postmen: 2
  • Pure Finder: 1
  • Skinners: 3
  • Tosher: 1
  • Warehousemen: 3
  • Watercarriers: 2
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 3

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 1
  • Alchemist: 1
  • Clerk: 2
  • Dentists: 1
  • Educators: 3
  • Engineers: 1
  • Gardeners: 1
  • Plumbers: 1
  • Pharmacist: 1

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 1
  • Bankers: 1
  • Civil Clerks: 2
  • Civic Iudex: 1
  • Exorcist: 2
  • Fixers: 1
  • Kami Clerk: 2
  • Landlords: 2
  • Lawyers: 1
  • Legend Keepers: 1
  • Militia Officers: 9
  • Monks, Monastic: 3
  • Monks, Civic: 3
  • Historian, Oral: 2
  • Historian, Textual: 1
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 2
  • Priests: 5
  • Rangers: 1
  • Rat Catchers: 1
  • Scholars: 1
  • Spiritualist: 2
  • Storytellers: 5
  • Military Officers: 4

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 3
  • Comfort Services: 4
  • Enchanters: 1
  • Herbalists: 1
  • Jaminators: 3
  • Needleworkers: 4
  • Potters: 2
  • Preserve Makers: 3
  • Quilters: 1
  • Seamsters: 5
  • Spinners: 3
  • Tinker: 1
  • Weaver: 3

Artists

  • Actors: 1
  • Bards: 1
  • Dancers: 1
  • Glaziers: 1
  • Inlayers: 1
  • Musicians: 3
  • Playwrights: 1
  • Sculptors, Art: 1
  • Wood Carvers: 4
  • Writers: 3

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 4
  • Canners: 3
  • Cheesmakers: 4
  • Millers: 2
  • Picklers: 1
  • Smokers: 1
  • Stockmakers: 1
  • Tobacconists: 1
  • Tallowmakers: 2

355 of Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

730 of Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 94 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami spared the town a natural disaster. One of Wæm Wækwì Jĭèn's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History