Large Town: Pithêv-cëjê Bî

Pithêv-cëjê Bî
Example Iron Elven architecture.

State	Union of Engineers
Provence	Sëcëngêki Zone
Region	Fi-habyă Savannah
Founded	1331
Community Leader	City Manager Shënkdsh Glegadonka
Area	6 km² (2 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	24°C (75°F)
Average Elevation	2214 m (7263 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	192 cm/y (75 in/y)
Population	1593
Population Density	265 people per km² (796 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Illusion
Naming
Native name	Pithêv-cëjê Bî
Pronunciation	/ˈjɘgè/ /ˈcëʤɘ/
Direct Translation	[gradual] [raid]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Pithêv-cëjê Bî (/ˈjɘgè/ /ˈcëʤɘ/ [gradual] [raid]) is a temperate Large Town located in the Sëcëngêki Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Pithêv-cëjê Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Pithêv-cëjê Bî was founded by Trêg̈ga Tsmëga, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Pithêv-cëjê Bî has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Pithêv-cëjê Bî receives an average of 192 cm/y (75 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Pithêv-cëjê Bî covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2214 m (7263 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Pithêv-cëjê Bî was founded durring the early 14th century in spring of the year 1331, by Trêg̈ga Tsmëga. The establishment of Pithêv-cëjê Bî was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Trêg̈ga Tsmëga struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Pithêv-cëjê Bî as a prison colony.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî is is constructed arround a series of restrictive cobblestone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Pithêv-cëjê Bî's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The monster and outlaw focused 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.

Looking around Pithêv-cëjê Bî you immediately realise that the locals are looking back at you. All of them. Everywhere you look somone is staring back at you analytically, looking over every inch of you, your gear, and your companions. As you get close to people, their hands move closer to their belt knife, or dagger. You may want to watch where you go and what you say...

Civic Infrastructure

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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 Pithêv-cëjê Bî. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Pithêv-cëjê Bî's parks.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Pithêv-cëjê Bî.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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.

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

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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.

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

Pithêv-cëjê Bî possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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 Pithêv-cëjê Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî 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.

Cultural Notes

Pithêv-cëjê Bî's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

The Cat, Common near Pithêv-cëjê Bî are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Pithêv-cëjê Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Charm energies of tier 1 via oratory performances.

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: 3
Farmers: 4
Farm Laborer: 8
Hunters: 4
Milk Maids: 4
Ranchers: 2
Ranch Hands: 4
Shepherds: 4

Farmland: 6467 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 398
Poultry: 4779
Swine: 318
Sheep: 15
Goats: 3
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 159

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 3
Blacksmiths: 3
Bookbinders: 1
Buckle-makers: 2
Cabinetmakers: 3
Candlemakers: 5
Carpenters: 4
Clothmakers: 4
Coach and Harness Makers: 1
Coopers: 4
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 2
Copyists: 1
Cutlers: 1
Fabricworkers: 3
Farrier: 9
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 4
Gunsmiths: 3
Harness-Makers: 1
Hatters: 3
Hosiery Workers: 1
Jewelers: 1
Leatherwrights: 4
Locksmiths: 1
Matchstick makers: 2
Musical Instrument Makers: 2
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Paper Workers: 2
Plasterers: 2
Pursemakers: 2
Roofers: 1
Ropemakers: 1
Rugmakers: 1
Saddlers: 2
Scabbardmakers: 3
Scalemakers: 1
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Shoemakers: 1
Soap and Tallow Workers: 5
Tailors: 12
Tanners: 1
Upholsterers: 2
Watchmakers: 2
Weavers: 4
Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 2
Booksellers: 2
Butchers: 3
Chandlers: 4
Chicken Butchers: 4
Entrepreneurs: 1
Fine Clothiers: 4
Fishmongers: 3
Potion Sellers: 2
Resellers: 6
Spice Merchants: 2
Wine-sellers: 3
Wheelwright: 2
Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

Bakers: 7
Barbers: 6
Coachmen: 2
Cooks: 6
Doctors: 3
Gamekeepers: 2
Grooms: 1
Hairdressers: 5
Healers: 4
Housekeepers: 4
Housemaids: 6
House Stewards: 4
Inns: 1
Laundry maids: 2
Maidservants: 5
Nursery Maids: 2
Pastrycooks: 5
Restaurateur: 7
Tavern Keepers: 6

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 2
Bleachers: 1
Coal Heavers: 3
In-Town Couriers: 3
Long Haul Couriers: 3
Dockyard Workers: 3
Hay Merchants: 1
Leech Collectors: 4
Millers: 3
Miners: 3
Oilmen and Polishers: 2
Postmen: 3
Pure Finder: 2
Skinners: 5
Tosher: 2
Warehousemen: 6
Watercarriers: 3
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 4

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 2
Alchemist: 2
Clerk: 3
Dentists: 1
Educators: 4
Engineers: 2
Gardeners: 1
Mages: 1
Plumbers: 1
Pharmacist: 1
Scientists: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 1
Bankers: 2
Civil Clerks: 3
Civic Iudex: 1
Consultants: 1
Exorcist: 3
Fixers: 1
Kami Clerk: 3
Landlords: 3
Lawyers: 1
Legend Keepers: 2
Militia Officers: 17
Monks, Monastic: 4
Monks, Civic: 4
Historian, Oral: 3
Historian, Textual: 1
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 3
Priests: 6
Rangers: 2
Rat Catchers: 2
Scholars: 2
Spiritualist: 3
Storytellers: 5
Military Officers: 5

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 4
Comfort Services: 5
Enchanters: 1
Herbalists: 1
Jaminators: 5
Needleworkers: 5
Potters: 2
Preserve Makers: 5
Quilters: 2
Seamsters: 9
Spinners: 4
Tinker: 1
Weaver: 4

Artists

Actors: 1
Bards: 2
Dancers: 1
Drafters: 1
Engravers: 1
Glaziers: 1
Inlayers: 1
Musicians: 4
Playwrights: 1
Sculptors, Art: 1
Wood Carvers: 4
Writers: 5

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 5
Canners: 5
Cheesmakers: 5
Millers: 3
Picklers: 2
Smokers: 2
Stockmakers: 1
Tobacconists: 2
Tallowmakers: 3

514 of Pithêv-cëjê Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1048 of Pithêv-cëjê Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 31 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Pithêv-cëjê Bî’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 Pithêv-cëjê Bî’s streets.

History

The the a chainmail hauberk of Enchantment, an a chainmail hauberk imbued with great amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Pithês-kêtëya Dêtîkè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.