Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè (/fɪ/ /koˈp˔ɘjɘ/ [young] [premiere]) is a temperate Town located in the Rehîêro Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè was founded by Trêbmê Dyèj, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè receives an average of 219 cm/y (86 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1630 m (5347 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1299, by Trêbmê Dyèj. The establishment of Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Trêbmê Dyèj struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè as a prison colony.

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè is buildings are arranged within a network of premissive canals streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the town is well defended against anything short of an army. Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè's cost-cutting-focused defences are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè ’s existence has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up.

Civic Infrastructure

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè 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.

Fî-kopíêyê 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.

Fî-kopíêyê 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.

Fî-kopíêyê 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.

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

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

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

Fî-kopíêyê 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

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used embraces individualism and experimentation. It emerged as a movement against traditional, classical styles and sought to make buildings dynamic and fun while breaking the rules. The style incorporated elements of previous architectural styles in exaggerated and whimsical ways. Traditional, conservative leanings were void in this era, with most scholars of architecture agreeing it was a time of “anything goes.”.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is long in Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè.

The Udaeus near Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè are known to be quite timid.

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves bloodletting to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 2 via moments of science.

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.

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè Census Data: Year 2000

348 of Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 74 work as Craftsmen
• 26 work as Merchants
• 57 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 53 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

751 of Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 45 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè has access to some sort of functioning ancient infrastructure, whether it's an array of wall-mounted arcane energy projectors, running water, moving roadways, community-wide climate control, or some other inherited luxury. This infrastructure may be the result of a still-functional Working, or it could be the product of some venerable occult engine that's still operational, or it may be the fruit of the labors of some specially-designed organism or Blighted populace.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Tarn Hanna began to boil, and released a thick toxic cloud from beneath its waters which was isolated to the area around Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè, which was swallowed by the fumes for several days. Fî-kopíêyê Dêtîkè lost 158 people, 288 livestock, and 90 buildings in the disaster, though it is of note the local plant life flourished after the disaster. The disaster is referred to as the Hate Wind.

History