Mèha-bêtî Îè

Mèha-bêtî Îè (/ˈmèha/ /ˈbɘtɪ/ [real; authentic] [demon; devil; goblin]) is a temperate Large City located in the Neidor County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Mèha-bêtî Îè is derived from the Sylvin language, as Mèha-bêtî Îè was founded by Maita, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Mèha-bêtî Îè has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 13°C (55°F). Mèha-bêtî Îè receives an average of 227 cm/y (89 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Mèha-bêtî Îè covers an area of nearly 427 km² (170 mi²), and an average elevation of 1364 m (4475 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mèha-bêtî Îè was founded durring the late 15th century in fall of the year 1392, by Maita. The establishment of Mèha-bêtî Îè was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Mèha-bêtî Îè's construction back out of the project. Maita pushed on reguardles, and Mèha-bêtî Îè was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Mèha-bêtî Îè was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mèha-bêtî Îè is no diffrent. The city'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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè is was constructed arround several restrictive cobblestone mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The city is in posession of a finaly crafted dwarvern style fortified fighting wall, completer with lower, middle, and upper battlments for use in sloped-fire defence stratagies, murder holes, and statues which may or may not be constructs, and, of course, MERTICULATIONSshortsizename is one of the wealthiest and politicaly connected settlments in the world.. The city's Ragnarock-era relics are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

A look around Mèha-bêtî Îè seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do. On second glance, that chaos continues into adulthood. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a city, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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 Mèha-bêtî Îè. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Mèha-bêtî Îè's parks.

Mèha-bêtî Îè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mèha-bêtî Îè.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

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

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

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

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

Mèha-bêtî Îè has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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. Mèha-bêtî Îè's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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 Mèha-bêtî Îè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Mèha-bêtî Îè's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

In Mèha-bêtî Îè there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Ovinnik near Mèha-bêtî Îè are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Mèha-bêtî Îè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves performance art to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 3 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Mèha-bêtî Îè Census Data: Year 2000

38743 of Mèha-bêtî Îè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2046 work in Agriculture
• 8817 work as Craftsmen
• 3117 work as Merchants
• 5878 work as Service Workers
• 4044 work as General Laborers
• 1618 work as Skilled Laborers
• 5385 work as Civil Servants
• 3618 work in Cottage Industries
• 2153 work as Artists
• 2067 work in Produce Industries

56855 of Mèha-bêtî Îè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 6102 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mèha-bêtî Îè is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of saved most of the town when a natural disaster struck Mèha-bêtî Îè. A small order of knights was founded in 's honor, and bears his name to this day.

History