Olë-vêko Ratê

Olë-vêko Ratê (/ˈolë/ /ˈvɘko/ [yellow] [sheep]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Sihîlêsê Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Olë-vêko Ratê is derived from the Sylvin language, as Olë-vêko Ratê was founded by Fyèdsepí, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Olë-vêko Ratê has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Olë-vêko Ratê receives an average of 287 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Olë-vêko Ratê covers an area of nearly 215 km² (86 mi²), and an average elevation of 5650 m (18536 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Olë-vêko Ratê was founded durring the early 10th century, by Fyèdsepí. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Olë-vêko Ratê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Olë-vêko Ratê 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.

Olë-vêko Ratê is buildings folow an organic layout of crampt packed earth streets whihch gives the city a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The city rests behind a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, and battlments. Olë-vêko 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. The unusual yet seemingly effective fortifications 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.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Olë-vêko Ratê, 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 god, 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 god. More than it loves wealth. The city is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in Olë-vêko Ratê.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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.

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

Olë-vêko Ratê has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Olë-vêko 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. Olë-vêko Ratê's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Olë-vêko Ratê's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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 Olë-vêko Ratê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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.

Olë-vêko 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

Olë-vêko Ratê's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Olë-vêko Ratê's garrison 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 Olë-vêko Ratê tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Keulia near Olë-vêko Ratê are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Olë-vêko Ratê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 via proclamations.

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-vêko Ratê Census Data: Year 2000

19585 of Olë-vêko Ratê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1093 work in Agriculture
• 4353 work as Craftsmen
• 1571 work as Merchants
• 2889 work as Service Workers
• 2050 work as General Laborers
• 790 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2909 work as Civil Servants
• 1792 work in Cottage Industries
• 1108 work as Artists
• 1030 work in Produce Industries

27369 of Olë-vêko Ratê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 4082 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Olë-vêko Ratê 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

The the a coat of plates of Abjuration, an a coat of plates imbued with notable amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Olë-vêko Ratê by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History