Small City: Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	Jajëhifitë Zone
Region	Khrutajī Heathland
Founded	1453
Community Leader	Lord Dede
Area	11 km² (4 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	23°C (73°F)
Average Elevation	3264 m (10708 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	255 cm/y (100 in/y)
Population	2755
Population Density	250 people per km² (688 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Abjuration
Naming
Native name	Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê
Pronunciation	/ˈbɪtè/ /lɘˈneʤɘ/
Direct Translation	[fragile] [inn; lodge]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê (/ˈbɪtè/ /lɘˈneʤɘ/ [fragile] [inn; lodge]) is a temperate Small City located in the Jajëhifitë Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê is derived from the Sylvin language, as Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê was founded by Hesgrolim, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°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 17°C (62°F). Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê receives an average of 255 cm/y (100 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê covers an area of nearly 11 km² (4 mi²), and an average elevation of 3264 m (10708 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1453, by Hesgrolim. 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 Hesgrolim.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê is no diffrent. The city'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.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt canals streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê 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 Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's parks.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê 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.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê 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.

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

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê 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 Small City. Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê 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 Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê 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.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê 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

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê there are unidentifiable people in the fog, but it seems to be okay.

The Goldpebble near Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves ritual combat to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via oratory performances.

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: 5
Farmers: 8
Farm Laborer: 15
Hunters: 8
Milk Maids: 7
Ranchers: 3
Ranch Hands: 7
Shepherds: 7

Farmland: 11130 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 688
Poultry: 8265
Swine: 551
Sheep: 27
Goats: 5
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 275

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 5
Blacksmiths: 5
Bookbinders: 3
Buckle-makers: 3
Cabinetmakers: 6
Candlemakers: 10
Carpenters: 8
Clothmakers: 7
Coach and Harness Makers: 2
Coopers: 6
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 3
Copyists: 2
Cutlers: 2
Fabricworkers: 6
Farrier: 16
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 10
Gunsmiths: 6
Harness-Makers: 2
Hatters: 5
Hosiery Workers: 1
Jewelers: 3
Leatherwrights: 7
Locksmiths: 2
Matchstick makers: 4
Musical Instrument Makers: 3
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 3
Paper Workers: 3
Plasterers: 3
Pursemakers: 4
Roofers: 2
Ropemakers: 2
Rugmakers: 2
Saddlers: 4
Scabbardmakers: 6
Scalemakers: 2
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Shoemakers: 2
Soap and Tallow Workers: 9
Tailors: 19
Tanners: 3
Upholsterers: 4
Watchmakers: 3
Weavers: 7
Whitesmiths: 2

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 3
Booksellers: 4
Butchers: 7
Chandlers: 7
Chicken Butchers: 7
Entrepreneurs: 2
Fine Clothiers: 6
Fishmongers: 7
Florists: 1
Potion Sellers: 4
Resellers: 11
Spice Merchants: 3
Wine-sellers: 5
Wheelwright: 4
Woodsellers: 2

Service workers

Bakers: 12
Barbers: 12
Coachmen: 4
Cooks: 11
Doctors: 5
Gamekeepers: 4
Grooms: 2
Hairdressers: 8
Healers: 7
Housekeepers: 7
Housemaids: 17
House Stewards: 9
Inns: 2
Laundry maids: 5
Maidservants: 9
Nursery Maids: 5
Pastrycooks: 11
Restaurateur: 10
Tavern Keepers: 11

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 3
Bleachers: 2
Chemical Workers: 1
Coal Heavers: 5
In-Town Couriers: 5
Long Haul Couriers: 5
Dockyard Workers: 6
Gas Workers: 1
Hay Merchants: 2
Leech Collectors: 7
Millers: 5
Miners: 5
Oilmen and Polishers: 4
Postmen: 6
Pure Finder: 3
Skinners: 8
Sugar Refiners: 1
Tosher: 4
Warehousemen: 8
Watercarriers: 5
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 7

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 3
Alchemist: 4
Clerk: 5
Dentists: 2
Educators: 7
Engineers: 3
Gardeners: 2
Mages: 2
Plumbers: 2
Pharmacist: 3
Professors: 1
Scientists: 2
Wizards: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 2
Bankers: 3
Civil Clerks: 6
Civic Iudex: 3
Consultants: 1
Exorcist: 6
Fixers: 3
Kami Clerk: 5
Landlords: 5
Lawyers: 3
Legend Keepers: 4
Militia Officers: 19
Monks, Monastic: 8
Monks, Civic: 8
Historian, Oral: 6
Historian, Textual: 3
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 6
Priests: 11
Rangers: 3
Rat Catchers: 4
Scholars: 4
Spiritualist: 5
Slayers: 1
Storytellers: 9
Military Officers: 10

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 7
Comfort Services: 11
Enchanters: 3
Herbalists: 2
Jaminators: 9
Needleworkers: 7
Potters: 4
Preserve Makers: 7
Quilters: 3
Seamsters: 15
Spinners: 9
Tinker: 2
Weaver: 6

Artists

Actors: 2
Architects: 1
Bards: 4
Costumers: 1
Dancers: 3
Drafters: 1
Engravers: 2
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 1
Glaziers: 2
Inlayers: 2
Musicians: 7
Painters, Art: 1
Playwrights: 2
Sculptors, Art: 2
Wood Carvers: 8
Writers: 9

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 8
Canners: 7
Cheesmakers: 8
Ice Merchants: 1
Millers: 5
Picklers: 4
Smokers: 3
Stockmakers: 3
Tobacconists: 4
Tallowmakers: 5

941 of Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1677 of Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 137 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

History

The the a greataxe of Invocation, an a greataxe imbued with great amounts of Invocation energies was created in Êkèkê Bîtè-lênejê by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.