Bi-êka Bî

Bi-êka Bî (/bi/ /ˈɘka/ [new] [purpose]) is a subtropical Town located in the Bèmîgêthaki Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Bi-êka Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Bi-êka Bî was founded by Ghraingda Shëmtë Brêpîbrth, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Bi-êka Bî has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Bi-êka Bî receives an average of 270 cm/y (106 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Bi-êka Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3076 m (10091 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bi-êka Bî was founded durring the late 17th century in early fall of the year 1599, by Ghraingda Shëmtë Brêpîbrth. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Ghraingda Shëmtë Brêpîbrth.

Bi-êka Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bi-êka Bî 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.

Bi-êka Bî 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 sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Bi-êka Bî's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the town's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. Bi-êka Bî's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A quick look in any direction shows Bi-êka Bî is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live. Or if the general public wasn’t so enthusiastically, openly, and merrily participating in these activities.

Civic Infrastructure

Bi-êka Bî has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Bi-êka Bî.

Bi-êka Bî 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.

Bi-êka Bî 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.

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

Bi-êka Bî has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Bi-êka Bî 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Bi-êka Bî 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.

Bi-êka Bî's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is short in Bi-êka Bî.

The Tauhoti near Bi-êka Bî are known to be quite timid.

Bi-êka Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Augury energies of tier 1 via divine sermons.

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.

Bi-êka Bî Census Data: Year 2000

392 of Bi-êka Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 85 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 65 work as Service Workers
• 37 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

824 of Bi-êka Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 63 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Bi-êka Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

The the a crystal of Necromancy, an a crystal imbued with notable amounts of Necromancy energies was created in Bh-71c Bæd Birěkhka by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History