Liga-damê Dêtîkè

Liga-damê Dêtîkè (/ˈliga/ /ˈdamɘ/ [favorite] [society]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Nêndënkîte Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Liga-damê Dêtîkè is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Liga-damê Dêtîkè was founded by Zlèsêl Trëg̈garga Zlegfê, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Liga-damê Dêtîkè has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Liga-damê Dêtîkè receives an average of 266 cm/y (104 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Liga-damê Dêtîkè covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3016 m (9895 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Liga-damê Dêtîkè was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1378, by Zlèsêl Trëg̈garga Zlegfê. The establishment of Liga-damê Dêtîkè was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Liga-damê Dêtîkè's construction back out of the project. Zlèsêl Trëg̈garga Zlegfê pushed on reguardles, and Liga-damê Dêtîkè was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

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

Liga-damê Dêtîkè is buildings have been located at convienant points along the rivers Liga-damê Dêtîkè was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the spacious gravel streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The town is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Liga-damê Dêtîkè's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. Unfortuantly, these top tier civilian fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Liga-damê Dêtîkè, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same divine, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its divine. Asside form the revrent worship, you can see the citizens are preparing for something, and that something isn’t good. Weapons are worn openly. Defensive structures have been recently constructed to guard less used areas of the town. Merchants seem very eager to sell their wares at discount prices. Something is coming.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Liga-damê 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.

Liga-damê 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.

Liga-damê Dêtîkè 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.

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

Liga-damê Dêtîkè has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

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

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

Liga-damê 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

Liga-damê Dêtîkè's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

In Liga-damê Dêtîkè during thunderstorms, with each flash of lightning, everyone sees different monsters from the corner of their eyes.

The Drake, Fire near Liga-damê Dêtîkè are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Liga-damê Dêtîkè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves performance art to channel Summoning energies of tier 1 via 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.

Liga-damê Dêtîkè Census Data: Year 2000

265 of Liga-damê Dêtîkè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 58 work as Craftsmen
• 20 work as Merchants
• 43 work as Service Workers
• 25 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 39 work as Civil Servants
• 26 work in Cottage Industries
• 11 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

608 of Liga-damê Dêtîkè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 65 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Liga-damê Dêtîkè is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

Liga-damê Dêtîkè makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

POI

History

The the a suit of Jack chain armor of Augury, an a suit of Jack chain armor imbued with great amounts of Augury energies was created near Leybury by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History