Large City: Jîjê-ëtê Ratê

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	Rëfiithe Zone
Region	Z̄omebeze Woodlands
Founded	803
Community Leader	Lord Haw̋mp̪f̄ Gāy 'Bite Gorgeous' Daw̄ Có̄bō Cúńó̄sh
Area	150 km² (60 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	22°C (71°F)
Average Elevation	5666 m (18589 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	217 cm/y (85 in/y)
Population	35344
Population Density	235 people per km² (589 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Summoning
Naming
Native name	Jîjê-ëtê Ratê
Pronunciation	/ˈʤɪʤɘ/ /ˈëtɘ/
Direct Translation	[live] [ball; bullet; sphere; circle; wheel]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê (/ˈʤɪʤɘ/ /ˈëtɘ/ [live] [ball; bullet; sphere; circle; wheel]) is a temperate Large City located in the Rëfiithe Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

Climate

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Jîjê-ëtê Ratê receives an average of 217 cm/y (85 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Jîjê-ëtê Ratê covers an area of nearly 150 km² (60 mi²), and an average elevation of 5666 m (18589 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê was founded durring the early 9th century, by Haw̋mp̪f̄ Gāy 'Bite Gorgeous' Daw̄ Có̄bō Cúńó̄sh. The establishment of Jîjê-ëtê Ratê was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's construction back out of the project. Haw̋mp̪f̄ Gāy 'Bite Gorgeous' Daw̄ Có̄bō Cúńó̄sh pushed on reguardles, and Jîjê-ëtê Ratê was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Jîjê-ëtê Ratê is no diffrent. The city'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.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê is buildings are arranged arround a network of crampt flagstone 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 rests behind a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, and battlments. Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's walls are, howeaver, fashioned from stone and timber. While unorthadox, the design looks to be functional to a reasonable degree. With luck, the untested design will remain untested for years to come. Astonishigly, the unusual yet seemingly effective fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Right off the bat Jîjê-ëtê Ratê hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the city has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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.

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

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

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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. Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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-ëtê Ratê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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-ëtê Ratê 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.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

The Beetle, Giant Stag near Jîjê-ëtê Ratê are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves bloodletting to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via divine sermons.

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: 66
Farmers: 100
Farm Laborer: 176
Hunters: 121
Milk Maids: 95
Ranchers: 47
Ranch Hands: 96
Shepherds: 98

Farmland: 142789 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 8836
Poultry: 106032
Swine: 7068
Sheep: 353
Goats: 70
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 3534

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 78
Blacksmiths: 84
Bookbinders: 45
Buckle-makers: 46
Cabinetmakers: 80
Candlemakers: 126
Carpenters: 112
Clothmakers: 100
Coach and Harness Makers: 38
Coopers: 88
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 48
Copyists: 34
Cutlers: 30
Fabricworkers: 88
Farrier: 228
Furriers: 22
Glassworkers: 121
Gunsmiths: 77
Harness-Makers: 33
Hatters: 71
Hosiery Workers: 25
Jewelers: 42
Leatherwrights: 86
Locksmiths: 35
Matchstick makers: 56
Musical Instrument Makers: 52
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 44
Paper Workers: 52
Plasterers: 47
Pursemakers: 58
Roofers: 37
Ropemakers: 35
Rugmakers: 34
Saddlers: 64
Scabbardmakers: 81
Scalemakers: 36
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 22
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 34
Shoemakers: 33
Soap and Tallow Workers: 128
Tailors: 243
Tanners: 45
Upholsterers: 48
Watchmakers: 49
Weavers: 110
Whitesmiths: 28

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 24
Arcana Sellers: 24
Beer-Sellers: 49
Booksellers: 55
Butchers: 93
Chandlers: 86
Chicken Butchers: 94
Entrepreneurs: 36
Fine Clothiers: 98
Fishmongers: 90
Florists: 21
Potion Sellers: 56
Resellers: 130
Spice Merchants: 50
Wine-sellers: 67
Wheelwright: 52
Woodsellers: 32

Service workers

Bakers: 196
Barbers: 150
Coachmen: 51
Cooks: 147
Doctors: 76
Gamekeepers: 56
Grooms: 31
Hairdressers: 117
Healers: 94
Housekeepers: 100
Housemaids: 176
House Stewards: 107
Inns: 33
Laundry maids: 66
Maidservants: 114
Nursery Maids: 63
Pastrycooks: 121
Restaurateur: 147
Tavern Keepers: 147

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 46
Bleachers: 32
Chemical Workers: 20
Coal Heavers: 73
In-Town Couriers: 73
Long Haul Couriers: 86
Dockyard Workers: 69
Gas Workers: 16
Hay Merchants: 29
Leech Collectors: 99
Millers: 84
Miners: 80
Oilmen and Polishers: 53
Postmen: 75
Pure Finder: 43
Skinners: 110
Sugar Refiners: 20
Tosher: 54
Warehousemen: 103
Watercarriers: 77
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 103

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 43
Alchemist: 52
Clerk: 80
Dentists: 35
Educators: 96
Engineers: 51
Gardeners: 35
Mages: 25
Plumbers: 36
Pharmacist: 42
Professors: 15
Scientists: 26
Wizards: 15

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 33
Bankers: 48
Civil Clerks: 78
Civic Iudex: 41
Consultants: 23
Exorcist: 75
Fixers: 44
Kami Clerk: 72
Landlords: 67
Lawyers: 42
Legend Keepers: 64
Militia Officers: 235
Monks, Monastic: 121
Monks, Civic: 95
Historian, Oral: 78
Historian, Textual: 39
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 76
Priests: 130
Rangers: 44
Rat Catchers: 51
Scholars: 56
Spiritualist: 65
Slayers: 20
Storytellers: 133
Military Officers: 121

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 93
Comfort Services: 153
Enchanters: 39
Herbalists: 39
Jaminators: 121
Needleworkers: 126
Potters: 59
Preserve Makers: 107
Quilters: 49
Seamsters: 186
Spinners: 95
Tinker: 41
Weaver: 103

Artists

Actors: 37
Architects: 13
Bards: 52
Costumers: 21
Dancers: 39
Drafters: 22
Engravers: 28
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 17
Glaziers: 36
Inlayers: 33
Musicians: 103
Painters, Art: 18
Playwrights: 37
Sculptors, Art: 30
Wood Carvers: 114
Writers: 126

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 117
Canners: 95
Cheesmakers: 121
Ice Merchants: 15
Millers: 70
Picklers: 60
Smokers: 45
Stockmakers: 40
Tobacconists: 53
Tallowmakers: 84

13239 of Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

20692 of Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1413 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Jîjê-ëtê Ratê 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-ëtê Ratê is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Jîjê-ëtê Ratê was attacked by soldiers from another nation, with orders to raid Jîjê-ëtê Ratê. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Jîjê-ëtê Ratê lost 167 people, 224 livestock, and 55 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 137, when members of Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's militia enacted an operation to escort a particular strategic location to a safe location. The operation was complicated by the officer in charge of Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's forces was incompetent, and issue many foolish and-or unprofessional orders. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in victory for Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Jîjê-ëtê Ratê's bards, historians, and legend keepers.