Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn (/liv/ /ipˈtupmə̝ kə̝n/ [precious] [architecture]) is a subtropical Large City located in Kæpměvhobsto Zone, Vs-213s Province, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn is derived from the Constructi language, as Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn was founded by Gwendolen Zleg̈geshë, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn receives an average of 207 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn covers an area of nearly 284 km² (113 mi²), and an average elevation of 1770 m (5807 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn was founded durring the early 12th century in spring of the year 1128, by Gwendolen Zleg̈geshë. The establishment of Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Gwendolen Zleg̈geshë electing to pay people to resettle in Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn is no diffrent. The city'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.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive paverstone streets which form hexical 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 city is in posession of a finaly crafted dwarvern style fortified fighting wall, completer with lower, middle, and upper battlments for use in sloped-fire defence stratagies, murder holes, and statues which may or may not be constructs, and, of course, MERTICULATIONSshortsizename is one of the wealthiest and politicaly connected settlments in the world.. The city's Ragnarock-era relics are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

Looking around Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn you immediately realise that the locals are looking back at you. All of them. Everywhere you look somone is staring back at you analytically, looking over every inch of you, your gear, and your companions. As you get close to people, their hands move closer to their belt knife, or dagger. You may want to watch where you go and what you say...

Civic Infrastructure

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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 Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's parks.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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.

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

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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 Large City. Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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 Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's natural decorations nor waterways.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn 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.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

While Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is recurring in Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn.

The Onyx Deer near Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves ritual combat to channel Abjuration 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.

Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn Census Data: Year 2000

25380 of Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1407 work in Agriculture
• 5636 work as Craftsmen
• 2089 work as Merchants
• 3958 work as Service Workers
• 2556 work as General Laborers
• 1035 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3704 work as Civil Servants
• 2156 work in Cottage Industries
• 1427 work as Artists
• 1412 work in Produce Industries

39145 of Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2688 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Zě Liv Iptupmă Kăn lost 195 people, 145 livestock, and 81 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Calamity Rain.

History