Cêbi-obè Bî

Cêbi-obè Bî (/ˈcɘbi/ /ˈobè/ [crazy; insane; silly] [faith]) is a subtropical Town located in the Nëpimtrêsë Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Cêbi-obè Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Cêbi-obè Bî was founded by Trèbêbrí Fyesh, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Cêbi-obè Bî has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Cêbi-obè Bî receives an average of 253 cm/y (99 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Cêbi-obè Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1172 m (3845 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Cêbi-obè Bî was founded durring the early 15th century in fall of the year 1423, by Trèbêbrí Fyesh. 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 Trèbêbrí Fyesh.

Cêbi-obè Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Cêbi-obè Bî is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brick construction taking the shape of large simple gemometric shapes which ate then embelished with decorative features, but retain their simple shapes in spite of the added features such as pillars, faccaddes, and covered walkways. The blocky nature gives a general impression of extreem age, as if each structure has existed since time immemorial.

Cêbi-obè Bî is buildings are arranged within a network of narrow packed earth streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Astonishigly, the would-be-castle fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around Cêbi-obè Bî gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Cêbi-obè Bî can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Cêbi-obè Bî places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Cêbi-obè Bî possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Cêbi-obè Bî has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

Cêbi-obè 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.

Cêbi-obè Bî has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Cêbi-obè 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.

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

Cêbi-obè Bî possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

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

Cêbi-obè 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.

Cêbi-obè Bî 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

Cêbi-obè Bî's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is skipped in Cêbi-obè Bî.

The Snake, Viper near Cêbi-obè Bî are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Cêbi-obè Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 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.

Cêbi-obè Bî Census Data: Year 2000

386 of Cêbi-obè Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 82 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 66 work as Service Workers
• 39 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

860 of Cêbi-obè Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 25 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Cêbi-obè Bî produces some wonderful cultural artifact or trains famous artists. The product might be some exceptional cloth, or artistic luxury good, or the scholarly fruits of a famous academy. Trained artists might be students of a particular school, or the apprentices of the current masters of a long artistic tradition who dwell here.

The roads leading into Cêbi-obè Bî 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 late 2nd century the Kami spared the town a natural disaster. One of Cêbi-obè Bî's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History