Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè (/ˈdaθɪ/ /ˈrɪva/ [sophisticated] [eclipse]) is a subtropical Town located in the Lêtdêsara Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè was founded by Ha̋nvéch Haw̄̋ch 'Crystal Magic' Rä̋mp̪f̄ Yawmb Cä̋nvé̄y Glkdsheg̈, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè receives an average of 278 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1046 m (3431 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1353, by Ha̋nvéch Haw̄̋ch 'Crystal Magic' Rä̋mp̪f̄ Yawmb Cä̋nvé̄y Glkdsheg̈. The establishment of Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ha̋nvéch Haw̄̋ch 'Crystal Magic' Rä̋mp̪f̄ Yawmb Cä̋nvé̄y Glkdsheg̈ struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè as a prison colony.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè 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.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè is buildings are arranged arround a network of premissive cobblestone 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 rests behind the absurdity that is a thick, timber braced, wall made of clay bricks. While visualy impressive and certainly an astetic, Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè's wall provides no actual defence against siege equipment due to the choice of its cosntruction materials. Even nonexperts can tell the town is trying to impress rather than defend with its walls, towers, and gatehouses. Though admittedly, they do look nice... To primitive tribals who have never seen fortifications before. The town's political statment focused walls 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 town.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its god. More than it loves wealth. The town is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè.

Civic Infrastructure

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè 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.

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

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè 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.

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

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè 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

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè during thunderstorms, with each flash of lightning, everyone sees different monsters from the corner of their eyes.

The Cloud Dragon, Wyrmling near Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Necromancy 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.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè Census Data: Year 2000

349 of Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 74 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 60 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

748 of Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 82 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè experienced an impossibly long, cold, and stormy winter unlike anything seen before. The worst of the disaster struck The storm coated everything in a thick layer of ice and freezing countless animals, plants, and people to death. Dathî-rîva Dêtîkè lost 162 people, and 168 livestock in the disaster.. The disaster is remembered as the Death Screams, after the sounds of the winds.

History