È-kêkè Bî

È-kêkè Bî (/è/ /ˈkɘkè/ [canned (food)] [puddle]) is a temperate Town located in the Fîthdekî Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name È-kêkè Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as È-kêkè Bî was founded by Vris Glèdonm, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

È-kêkè Bî has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). È-kêkè Bî receives an average of 242 cm/y (95 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. È-kêkè Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2462 m (8077 ft) above sea level.

Overview

È-kêkè Bî was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1457, by Vris Glèdonm. The establishment of È-kêkè Bî suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of È-kêkè Bî which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

È-kêkè Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and È-kêkè 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.

È-kêkè Bî is buildings are arranged arround a single restrictive paverstone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The town is protected by a series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. The bare minimum defences has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

È-kêkè Bî is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This town is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

È-kêkè Bî 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 È-kêkè Bî. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for È-kêkè Bî's parks.

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

È-kêkè 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.

È-kêkè 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.

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

È-kêkè Bî 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 Town. È-kêkè Bî's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

È-kêkè Bî's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

È-kêkè Bî 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 È-kêkè Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

È-kêkè 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.

È-kêkè 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in È-kêkè 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.

È-kêkè Bî's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In È-kêkè Bî all of the cats speak the local language with prefect diction.

The Skinstitch near È-kêkè Bî are known to be quite timid.

È-kêkè Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via recitation of scripture.

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.

È-kêkè Bî Census Data: Year 2000

433 of È-kêkè Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 94 work as Craftsmen
• 34 work as Merchants
• 73 work as Service Workers
• 42 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 61 work as Civil Servants
• 43 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

905 of È-kêkè Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 41 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

È-kêkè Bî has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, È-kêkè Bî was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is È-kêkè Bî lost 165 people, 232 livestock, and 93 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 146, when members of È-kêkè Bî's militia enacted an operation to secure a particular temple to utilize it for a specific task. The operation was complicated by the enemy forces had far more numbers than estimated. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in defeat for È-kêkè Bî's forces. The war is remembered in legend by È-kêkè Bî's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History