Bë Qeqüe Hadfow

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow (/bɛ/ /qeq˔/ [safe] [style; tone]) is a subtropical Small City located in the Skruvnōk Moot of the Rosid.

The name Bë Qeqüe Hadfow is derived from the Goblin language, as Bë Qeqüe Hadfow was founded by Gucun, who was culturaly Wood Elf.

Climate

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow has a yearly average temperature of 7°C (44°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing -12°C (11°F). Bë Qeqüe Hadfow receives an average of 259 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Bë Qeqüe Hadfow covers an area of nearly 8 km² (3 mi²), and an average elevation of 3028 m (9934 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow was founded durring the early 15th century in spring of the year 1421, by Gucun. The establishment of Bë Qeqüe Hadfow was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Gucun electing to pay people to resettle in Bë Qeqüe Hadfow.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow was built using the conventions of Wood Elf durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow is buildings have been located at convienant points along the hill Bë Qeqüe Hadfow was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the spacious gravel streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The city is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the city's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The city's top tier civilian fortifications have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Bë Qeqüe Hadfow ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Bë Qeqüe Hadfow is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Bë Qeqüe Hadfow was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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 Bë Qeqüe Hadfow. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's parks.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Bë Qeqüe Hadfow.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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.

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

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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 Small City. Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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 Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's natural decorations nor waterways.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow 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

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's mayor's house 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.

In Bë Qeqüe Hadfow there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Leechroot near Bë Qeqüe Hadfow are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow Census Data: Year 2000

659 of Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 39 work in Agriculture
• 142 work as Craftsmen
• 52 work as Merchants
• 99 work as Service Workers
• 70 work as General Laborers
• 27 work as Skilled Laborers
• 96 work as Civil Servants
• 63 work in Cottage Industries
• 36 work as Artists
• 35 work in Produce Industries

1221 of Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 141 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Bë Qeqüe Hadfow is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami blessed the town with good fortune for a year and a day. One of Bë Qeqüe Hadfow's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History