Olë-jîè Fêqê

Olë-jîè Fêqê (/ë/ /ˈʤɪè/ [yellow] [acid]) is a subtropical Town located in the Tëomjinèna Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Olë-jîè Fêqê is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Olë-jîè Fêqê was founded by Shîd Tregfêbêm, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Olë-jîè Fêqê has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Olë-jîè Fêqê receives an average of 170 cm/y (66 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Olë-jîè Fêqê covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4572 m (15000 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Olë-jîè Fêqê was founded durring the early 15th century in summer of the year 1416, by Shîd Tregfêbêm. The establishment of Olë-jîè Fêqê was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Shîd Tregfêbêm electing to pay people to resettle in Olë-jîè Fêqê.

Olë-jîè Fêqê was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Olë-jîè Fêqê is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Olë-jîè Fêqê is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious paverstone 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 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 While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Olë-jîè Fêqê weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Olë-jîè Fêqê 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 just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. This all rests atop the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Olë-jîè Fêqê brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Olë-jîè Fêqê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Olë-jîè Fêqê.

Olë-jîè Fêqê 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.

Olë-jîè Fêqê 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.

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

Olë-jîè Fêqê possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Olë-jîè Fêqê has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Olë-jîè Fêqê 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

Olë-jîè Fêqê's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

In Olë-jîè Fêqê the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Beetle, Giant Slicer near Olë-jîè Fêqê are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Olë-jîè Fêqê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves ritual combat to channel Conjuration 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.

Olë-jîè Fêqê Census Data: Year 2000

342 of Olë-jîè Fêqê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 23 work in Agriculture
• 77 work as Craftsmen
• 27 work as Merchants
• 54 work as Service Workers
• 33 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 51 work as Civil Servants
• 31 work in Cottage Industries
• 16 work as Artists
• 18 work in Produce Industries

739 of Olë-jîè Fêqê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 56 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Olë-jîè Fêqê’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Olë-jîè Fêqê’s streets.

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

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century was struck by a great wind storm. A great funnel cloud itself touched down in Olë-jîè Fêqê, bringing twisting winds which killed 116 people, 334 livestock, and 62 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is generally remembered as the Howling Winds of Horror.

History