Jîjê-bëno Bî

Jîjê-bëno Bî (/ˈʤɪʤɘ/ /ˈbëno/ [live] [author; writer]) is a subtropical Large Town located in the Lëcêngthëvi Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Jîjê-bëno Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Jîjê-bëno Bî was founded by Shêlè Trgfe, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Jîjê-bëno Bî has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Jîjê-bëno Bî receives an average of 284 cm/y (111 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Jîjê-bëno Bî covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3470 m (11384 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Jîjê-bëno Bî was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1359, by Shêlè Trgfe. The establishment of Jîjê-bëno Bî was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Jîjê-bëno Bî's construction back out of the project. Shêlè Trgfe pushed on reguardles, and Jîjê-bëno Bî was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

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

Jîjê-bëno Bî is buildings are located arround a single premissive packed earth mainstreet which forms a clockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. The robustly designed timber walls have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Jîjê-bëno 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. There’s a patern to the panic. It’s not easy to see, and no one quite agrees on what it is, but the locals know and operate under this pattern. It shapes everything they do, and you feel as if you’ve almost worked it out only for some small detail to devastate your theory every time you try and comprehend it.

Civic Infrastructure

Jîjê-bëno Bî possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

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

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

Jîjê-bëno 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.

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

Jîjê-bëno 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.

Jîjê-bëno Bî 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.

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

Jîjê-bëno 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 Jîjê-bëno Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Jîjê-bëno 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.

Jîjê-bëno 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

Jîjê-bëno Bî's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

In Jîjê-bëno Bî tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Corpse Rook near Jîjê-bëno Bî are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Jîjê-bëno Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via throat singing.

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.

Jîjê-bëno Bî Census Data: Year 2000

478 of Jîjê-bëno Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 105 work as Craftsmen
• 38 work as Merchants
• 80 work as Service Workers
• 49 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 69 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 23 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

999 of Jîjê-bëno Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 30 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Jîjê-bëno Bî is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Jîjê-bëno Bî is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami granted the town a great harvest. One of Jîjê-bëno Bî's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History