Small Town: G̈ayè-meyî Bî

G̈ayè-meyî Bî

G̈ayè-meyî Bî
Example Iron Elven architecture.
StateUnion of Engineers
ProvenceBèmîgêthaki Zone
RegionQeqepumese Brushlands
Founded1434
Community LeaderCity Manager Zhadih Tresí Èqthê
Area3 km2 (1 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp27°C (80°F)
Average Elevation1706 m (5597 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation282 cm/y (111 in/y)
Population875
Population Density291 people per km2 (875 people per mi2)
Town AuraCharm
Naming
Native nameG̈ayè-meyî Bî
Pronunciation/ˈg̃ajè/ /ˈmejɪ/
Direct Translation[happy] [helmet]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

G̈ayè-meyî Bî (/ˈg̃ajè/ /ˈmejɪ/ [happy] [helmet]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Bèmîgêthaki Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name G̈ayè-meyî Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as G̈ayè-meyî Bî was founded by Zhadih Tresí, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

G̈ayè-meyî Bî has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°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 26°C (78°F). G̈ayè-meyî Bî receives an average of 282 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. G̈ayè-meyî Bî covers an area of nearly 3 km2 (1 mi2), and an average elevation of 1706 m (5597 ft) above sea level.

Overview

G̈ayè-meyî Bî was founded durring the early 15th century in spring of the year 1434, by Zhadih Tresí. The establishment of G̈ayè-meyî Bî was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zhadih Tresí struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish G̈ayè-meyî Bî as a prison colony.

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

G̈ayè-meyî Bî is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive paverstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town 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 G̈ayè-meyî Bî weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Unfortuantly, these budget focused millitary grade defenses 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 G̈ayè-meyî Bî gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes.

Civic Infrastructure

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

G̈ayè-meyî 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.

G̈ayè-meyî 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.

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

G̈ayè-meyî Bî has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

G̈ayè-meyî 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.

Cultural Notes

G̈ayè-meyî Bî's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In G̈ayè-meyî Bî the milk never sours.

The Festrog near G̈ayè-meyî Bî are known to be quite timid.

G̈ayè-meyî Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Abjuration 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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 1
  • Farmers: 2
  • Farm Laborer: 8
  • Hunters: 3
  • Milk Maids: 2
  • Ranchers: 1
  • Ranch Hands: 2
  • Shepherds: 2
    • Farmland: 3517 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 218
    • Poultry: 2625
    • Swine: 175
    • Sheep: 8
    • Goats: 1
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 87

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 1
  • Blacksmiths: 2
  • Bookbinders: 1
  • Buckle-makers: 1
  • Cabinetmakers: 1
  • Candlemakers: 3
  • Carpenters: 2
  • Clothmakers: 2
  • Coopers: 2
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
  • Fabricworkers: 2
  • Farrier: 5
  • Glassworkers: 3
  • Gunsmiths: 1
  • Hatters: 1
  • Leatherwrights: 2
  • Matchstick makers: 1
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 1
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Paper Workers: 1
  • Plasterers: 1
  • Pursemakers: 1
  • Saddlers: 1
  • Scabbardmakers: 2
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 3
  • Tailors: 5
  • Tanners: 1
  • Upholsterers: 1
  • Watchmakers: 1
  • Weavers: 2

Merchants

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

Service workers

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

Specialized Laborer

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

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 1
  • Alchemist: 1
  • Clerk: 1
  • Educators: 2
  • Engineers: 1
  • Pharmacist: 1

Civil Servants

  • Bankers: 1
  • Civil Clerks: 2
  • Civic Iudex: 1
  • Exorcist: 1
  • Fixers: 1
  • Kami Clerk: 1
  • Landlords: 1
  • Lawyers: 1
  • Legend Keepers: 1
  • Militia Officers: 7
  • Monks, Monastic: 2
  • Monks, Civic: 2
  • Historian, Oral: 1
  • Historian, Textual: 1
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 1
  • Priests: 4
  • Rangers: 1
  • Rat Catchers: 1
  • Scholars: 1
  • Spiritualist: 1
  • Storytellers: 3
  • Military Officers: 2

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 2
  • Comfort Services: 3
  • Herbalists: 1
  • Jaminators: 3
  • Needleworkers: 3
  • Potters: 1
  • Preserve Makers: 2
  • Quilters: 1
  • Seamsters: 4
  • Spinners: 2
  • Weaver: 2

Artists

  • Bards: 1
  • Dancers: 1
  • Musicians: 2
  • Wood Carvers: 2
  • Writers: 2

Produce Industries

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

241 of G̈ayè-meyî Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

582 of G̈ayè-meyî Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 52 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

G̈ayè-meyî Bî has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Due to a magical anomaly, G̈ayè-meyî Bî is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

The the a pair of gauntlets of Enchantment, an a pair of gauntlets imbued with great amounts of Enchantment energies was created near G̈ayè-meyî Bî by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History