Large City: Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi
Example Constructi architecture.
StateFederation of Alveria
ProvenceZk-465w Governorate
Sub ProvenceĂnaniw Zone
RegionThêthè-g̈êqe Woodlands
Founded1136
Community LeaderAdministrator Xi-64d 'Z-3' Dyëmthê
Area431 km2 (172 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp20°C (68°F)
Average Elevation5212 m (17099 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation248 cm/y (97 in/y)
Population102063
Population Density236 people per km2 (593 people per mi2)
Town AuraWild Magic
Naming
Native nameZě Lm-386c Cìmsi
Pronunciation/liːz/ /ˈcɨmsi/
Direct Translation[Propername] [bank; stock; fund]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi (/liːz/ /ˈcɨmsi/ [Propername] [bank; stock; fund]) is a subtropical Large City located in Ănaniw Zone, Zk-465w Governorate, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi is derived from the Constructi language, as Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi was founded by Gwladys Gadsmthë Dyêbrgfëm, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 15°C (59°F). Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi receives an average of 248 cm/y (97 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi covers an area of nearly 431 km2 (172 mi2), and an average elevation of 5212 m (17099 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi was founded durring the early 12th century in winter of the year 1136, by Gwladys Gadsmthë Dyêbrgfëm. The establishment of Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi is buildings folow an organic layout of crampt baked earthen streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi's Relic of the World That Was has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi's parks.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi's natural decorations nor waterways.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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 Lm-386c Cìmsi 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

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Dog, Goblin near Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves ritual combat to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via speaking in tongues.

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: 190
  • Farmers: 329
  • Farm Laborer: 425
  • Hunters: 378
  • Milk Maids: 248
  • Ranchers: 131
  • Ranch Hands: 295
  • Shepherds: 283
    • Farmland: 415396 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 25515
    • Poultry: 306189
    • Swine: 20412
    • Sheep: 1020
    • Goats: 204
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 10206

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 208
  • Blacksmiths: 212
  • Bookbinders: 129
  • Buckle-makers: 136
  • Cabinetmakers: 231
  • Candlemakers: 351
  • Carpenters: 295
  • Clothmakers: 268
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 106
  • Coopers: 291
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 148
  • Copyists: 96
  • Cutlers: 88
  • Fabricworkers: 226
  • Farrier: 583
  • Furriers: 67
  • Glassworkers: 392
  • Gunsmiths: 214
  • Harness-Makers: 99
  • Hatters: 210
  • Hosiery Workers: 73
  • Jewelers: 115
  • Leatherwrights: 248
  • Locksmiths: 106
  • Matchstick makers: 162
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 147
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 130
  • Paper Workers: 150
  • Plasterers: 137
  • Pursemakers: 175
  • Roofers: 105
  • Ropemakers: 103
  • Rugmakers: 97
  • Saddlers: 196
  • Scabbardmakers: 234
  • Scalemakers: 105
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 66
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 99
  • Shoemakers: 101
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 416
  • Tailors: 618
  • Tanners: 127
  • Upholsterers: 152
  • Watchmakers: 141
  • Weavers: 340
  • Whitesmiths: 81

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 70
  • Arcana Sellers: 70
  • Beer-Sellers: 136
  • Booksellers: 159
  • Butchers: 300
  • Chandlers: 268
  • Chicken Butchers: 295
  • Entrepreneurs: 104
  • Fine Clothiers: 283
  • Fishmongers: 243
  • Florists: 61
  • Potion Sellers: 170
  • Resellers: 378
  • Spice Merchants: 134
  • Wine-sellers: 217
  • Wheelwright: 159
  • Woodsellers: 96

Service workers

  • Bakers: 510
  • Barbers: 453
  • Coachmen: 150
  • Cooks: 364
  • Doctors: 234
  • Gamekeepers: 159
  • Grooms: 87
  • Hairdressers: 329
  • Healers: 287
  • Housekeepers: 291
  • Housemaids: 486
  • House Stewards: 300
  • Inns: 97
  • Laundry maids: 196
  • Maidservants: 340
  • Nursery Maids: 196
  • Pastrycooks: 392
  • Restaurateur: 463
  • Tavern Keepers: 364

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 144
  • Bleachers: 96
  • Chemical Workers: 59
  • Coal Heavers: 192
  • In-Town Couriers: 248
  • Long Haul Couriers: 221
  • Dockyard Workers: 217
  • Gas Workers: 49
  • Hay Merchants: 84
  • Leech Collectors: 279
  • Millers: 237
  • Miners: 217
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 170
  • Postmen: 243
  • Pure Finder: 136
  • Skinners: 291
  • Sugar Refiners: 57
  • Tosher: 152
  • Warehousemen: 318
  • Watercarriers: 229
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 300

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 128
  • Alchemist: 146
  • Clerk: 237
  • Dentists: 102
  • Educators: 272
  • Engineers: 152
  • Gardeners: 107
  • Mages: 74
  • Plumbers: 108
  • Pharmacist: 118
  • Professors: 45
  • Scientists: 77
  • Wizards: 45

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 96
  • Bankers: 144
  • Civil Clerks: 226
  • Civic Iudex: 118
  • Consultants: 65
  • Exorcist: 221
  • Fixers: 120
  • Kami Clerk: 190
  • Landlords: 206
  • Lawyers: 131
  • Legend Keepers: 172
  • Militia Officers: 927
  • Monks, Monastic: 318
  • Monks, Civic: 300
  • Historian, Oral: 221
  • Historian, Textual: 120
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 212
  • Priests: 378
  • Rangers: 137
  • Rat Catchers: 155
  • Scholars: 159
  • Spiritualist: 200
  • Slayers: 57
  • Storytellers: 371
  • Military Officers: 364

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 300
  • Comfort Services: 408
  • Enchanters: 114
  • Herbalists: 112
  • Jaminators: 340
  • Needleworkers: 408
  • Potters: 167
  • Preserve Makers: 318
  • Quilters: 154
  • Seamsters: 537
  • Spinners: 309
  • Tinker: 113
  • Weaver: 261

Artists

  • Actors: 107
  • Architects: 40
  • Bards: 159
  • Costumers: 61
  • Dancers: 118
  • Drafters: 65
  • Engravers: 80
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 50
  • Glaziers: 107
  • Inlayers: 99
  • Musicians: 309
  • Painters, Art: 52
  • Playwrights: 109
  • Sculptors, Art: 89
  • Wood Carvers: 351
  • Writers: 378

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 318
  • Canners: 291
  • Cheesmakers: 318
  • Ice Merchants: 45
  • Millers: 212
  • Picklers: 172
  • Smokers: 130
  • Stockmakers: 114
  • Tobacconists: 162
  • Tallowmakers: 221

38560 of Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

56359 of Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 7144 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

POI

History

The the a codex of Necromancy, an a codex imbued with notable amounts of Necromancy energies was created in Zě Lm-386c Cìmsi by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History