Êrotha-tesë Ye

Êrotha-tesë Ye (/ɘˈroθa/ /ˈtesë/ [careful] [foil]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Geselienora County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Êrotha-tesë Ye is derived from the Sylvin language, as Êrotha-tesë Ye was founded by Shêmêbê, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Êrotha-tesë Ye has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Êrotha-tesë Ye receives an average of 207 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Êrotha-tesë Ye covers an area of nearly 341 km² (136 mi²), and an average elevation of 6730 m (-20869 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Êrotha-tesë Ye was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1186, by Shêmêbê. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Êrotha-tesë Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Êrotha-tesë Ye is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Êrotha-tesë Ye is buildings are arranged arround a single restrictive baked earthen mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Unfortuantly, these robustly designed timber walls are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

A look around Êrotha-tesë Ye is like a look into a broken heart which long ago fell to corruption. There is no planning, no organization. Everyone here clearly goes about their own thing with little thought to anyone around them who isn’t selling something they need… unless of course, they would be an easy target for some robbery. The city has truly fallen to evil.

Civic Infrastructure

Êrotha-tesë Ye possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Êrotha-tesë Ye has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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 Êrotha-tesë Ye. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Êrotha-tesë Ye's parks.

Êrotha-tesë Ye has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Êrotha-tesë Ye.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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.

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

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

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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.

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

Êrotha-tesë Ye has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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 Large City. Êrotha-tesë Ye's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Êrotha-tesë Ye's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Êrotha-tesë Ye has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Êrotha-tesë Ye has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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 Êrotha-tesë Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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.

Êrotha-tesë Ye 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.

Êrotha-tesë Ye is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Êrotha-tesë Ye's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Êrotha-tesë Ye there is a constant smell of overcooked presumably ethnic food.

The Guardian, Graven near Êrotha-tesë Ye are known to be quite timid.

Êrotha-tesë Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sex to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 1 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.

Êrotha-tesë Ye Census Data: Year 2000

30045 of Êrotha-tesë Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1623 work in Agriculture
• 6710 work as Craftsmen
• 2438 work as Merchants
• 4507 work as Service Workers
• 3069 work as General Laborers
• 1296 work as Skilled Laborers
• 4512 work as Civil Servants
• 2600 work in Cottage Industries
• 1682 work as Artists
• 1608 work in Produce Industries

45105 of Êrotha-tesë Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 5656 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Êrotha-tesë Ye was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

Êrotha-tesë Ye makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century heavy spring rains following an uncharacteristically dry year and a minor earthquake resulted in the collapse of the north east side of Horror Hill. the landslide struck Êrotha-tesë Ye, and devastated the community. 215 people, 142 livestock, and 91 buildings were lost to the calamity. The disaster is recorded in history as Horror's Fall.

History