Town: Dêco-shaki Fêqê

Dêco-shaki Fêqê
Example Iron Elven architecture.

State	Union of Engineers
Provence	Ineg̈èsho Zone
Region	Lajuca Lojapukaqu Woods
Founded	1519
Community Leader	City Manager Uzosk Glkêm
Area	5 km² (2 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	24°C (75°F)
Average Elevation	1444 m (4737 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	285 cm/y (112 in/y)
Population	1211
Population Density	242 people per km² (605 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Mysticism
Naming
Native name	Dêco-shaki Fêqê
Pronunciation	/ˈdɘco/ /ˈʃaki/
Direct Translation	[bump] [trunk (of tree); stem]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Dêco-shaki Fêqê (/ˈdɘco/ /ˈʃaki/ [bump] [trunk (of tree); stem]) is a temperate Town located in the Ineg̈èsho Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Dêco-shaki Fêqê is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Dêco-shaki Fêqê was founded by Giant Crabs Èlesîpí, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Dêco-shaki Fêqê 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). Dêco-shaki Fêqê receives an average of 285 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Dêco-shaki Fêqê covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1444 m (4737 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dêco-shaki Fêqê was founded durring the early 16th century in winter of the year 1519, by Giant Crabs Èlesîpí. The establishment of Dêco-shaki Fêqê suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Dêco-shaki Fêqê which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dêco-shaki Fêqê is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê is is constructed arround a series of restrictive flagstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town lacks any defencive features, though certainly constructing even a simple fence or digging a ditch is at the forefront of the 's mind. At least, one would hope so.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Dêco-shaki Fêqê’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the town has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

Dêco-shaki Fêqê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Dêco-shaki Fêqê.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê 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.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê 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.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê 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.

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

Dêco-shaki Fêqê possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Dêco-shaki Fêqê hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

The Feyling near Dêco-shaki Fêqê are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Dêco-shaki Fêqê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves performance art to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via chanting.

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: 2
Farmers: 3
Farm Laborer: 8
Hunters: 3
Milk Maids: 3
Ranchers: 1
Ranch Hands: 3
Shepherds: 2

Farmland: 4892 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 302
Poultry: 3633
Swine: 242
Sheep: 12
Goats: 2
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 121

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 2
Blacksmiths: 2
Bookbinders: 1
Buckle-makers: 1
Cabinetmakers: 2
Candlemakers: 4
Carpenters: 3
Clothmakers: 3
Coach and Harness Makers: 1
Coopers: 3
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
Copyists: 1
Fabricworkers: 2
Farrier: 5
Glassworkers: 4
Gunsmiths: 2
Harness-Makers: 1
Hatters: 2
Jewelers: 1
Leatherwrights: 3
Locksmiths: 1
Matchstick makers: 1
Musical Instrument Makers: 1
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Paper Workers: 1
Plasterers: 1
Pursemakers: 2
Roofers: 1
Ropemakers: 1
Rugmakers: 1
Saddlers: 2
Scabbardmakers: 2
Scalemakers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Shoemakers: 1
Soap and Tallow Workers: 3
Tailors: 8
Tanners: 1
Upholsterers: 1
Watchmakers: 1
Weavers: 3

Merchants

Beer-Sellers: 1
Booksellers: 1
Butchers: 3
Chandlers: 3
Chicken Butchers: 3
Entrepreneurs: 1
Fine Clothiers: 3
Fishmongers: 3
Potion Sellers: 1
Resellers: 4
Spice Merchants: 1
Wine-sellers: 2
Wheelwright: 1
Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

Bakers: 5
Barbers: 6
Coachmen: 1
Cooks: 5
Doctors: 2
Gamekeepers: 1
Grooms: 1
Hairdressers: 4
Healers: 3
Housekeepers: 3
Housemaids: 6
House Stewards: 3
Inns: 1
Laundry maids: 2
Maidservants: 4
Nursery Maids: 2
Pastrycooks: 4
Restaurateur: 6
Tavern Keepers: 5

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 1
Bleachers: 1
Coal Heavers: 2
In-Town Couriers: 3
Long Haul Couriers: 3
Dockyard Workers: 2
Hay Merchants: 1
Leech Collectors: 3
Millers: 2
Miners: 2
Oilmen and Polishers: 1
Postmen: 2
Pure Finder: 1
Skinners: 3
Tosher: 1
Warehousemen: 3
Watercarriers: 2
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 3

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 1
Alchemist: 1
Clerk: 2
Dentists: 1
Educators: 3
Engineers: 1
Gardeners: 1
Plumbers: 1
Pharmacist: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 1
Bankers: 1
Civil Clerks: 2
Civic Iudex: 1
Exorcist: 2
Fixers: 1
Kami Clerk: 2
Landlords: 2
Lawyers: 1
Legend Keepers: 1
Militia Officers: 8
Monks, Monastic: 4
Monks, Civic: 4
Historian, Oral: 2
Historian, Textual: 1
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 2
Priests: 5
Rangers: 1
Rat Catchers: 1
Scholars: 2
Spiritualist: 2
Storytellers: 3
Military Officers: 3

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 3
Comfort Services: 4
Enchanters: 1
Herbalists: 1
Jaminators: 3
Needleworkers: 3
Potters: 1
Preserve Makers: 3
Quilters: 1
Seamsters: 4
Spinners: 4
Tinker: 1
Weaver: 3

Artists

Actors: 1
Bards: 1
Dancers: 1
Glaziers: 1
Inlayers: 1
Musicians: 3
Playwrights: 1
Sculptors, Art: 1
Wood Carvers: 3
Writers: 4

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 4
Canners: 3
Cheesmakers: 4
Millers: 2
Picklers: 2
Smokers: 1
Stockmakers: 1
Tobacconists: 1
Tallowmakers: 2

363 of Dêco-shaki Fêqê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

776 of Dêco-shaki Fêqê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 72 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

History

The the a pair of goggles of Enchantment, an a pair of goggles imbued with potent amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Dëcê-lisi Dêtîkè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.