Píaya-yetî Îè

Píaya-yetî Îè (/ˈp˔aja/ /ˈjetɪ/ [tall] [book; novel]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Ninenolon County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Píaya-yetî Îè is derived from the Dwarven language, as Píaya-yetî Îè was founded by Mboīń̄ Yāsh 'Skyla Alina' Jō̄ Ermé̄ Sé̄nḱ, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Píaya-yetî Îè has a yearly average temperature of 18°C (64°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 19°C (66°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 17°C (62°F). Píaya-yetî Îè receives an average of 253 cm/y (99 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Píaya-yetî Îè covers an area of nearly 271 km² (108 mi²), and an average elevation of 1824 m (5984 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Píaya-yetî Îè was founded durring the late 16th century in summer of the year 1489, by Mboīń̄ Yāsh 'Skyla Alina' Jō̄ Ermé̄ Sé̄nḱ. The establishment of Píaya-yetî Îè was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Mboīń̄ Yāsh 'Skyla Alina' Jō̄ Ermé̄ Sé̄nḱ struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Píaya-yetî Îè as a prison colony.

Píaya-yetî Îè was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Píaya-yetî Îè is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Píaya-yetî Îè is buildings have been located at convienant points along the hill Píaya-yetî Îè was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the narrow paverstone streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The city has a set of well fortified walls, with gatehouses, watch towers, battlments, and even a moat, which are fashioned from stone and timber. Píaya-yetî Îè'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 city's unusual though effective defenses 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.

Píaya-yetî Îè has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Píaya-yetî Îè’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the city has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

Píaya-yetî 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.

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

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

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

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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.

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

Píaya-yetî Îè has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Píaya-yetî 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. Píaya-yetî Îè's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Píaya-yetî Îè's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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 Píaya-yetî Îè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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.

Píaya-yetî 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

Píaya-yetî Îè's town hall 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 Píaya-yetî Îè hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Skittergoat near Píaya-yetî Îè are known to be quite timid.

Píaya-yetî Îè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves gestures to channel Invocation energies of tier 1 via throat 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.

Píaya-yetî Îè Census Data: Year 2000

24344 of Píaya-yetî Îè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1411 work in Agriculture
• 5494 work as Craftsmen
• 1956 work as Merchants
• 3664 work as Service Workers
• 2473 work as General Laborers
• 1020 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3538 work as Civil Servants
• 2112 work in Cottage Industries
• 1370 work as Artists
• 1306 work in Produce Industries

38645 of Píaya-yetî Îè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1285 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Píaya-yetî Îè was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

Píaya-yetî Îè's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami granted the town a great harvest. One of Píaya-yetî Îè's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History