Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè (/ˈp˔ɘho/ /ˈëʃɘ/ [volatile] [glass]) is a temperate Town located in J̼epàvèq County, Mèhabicê Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè was founded by Trèbrê Trëmth, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè receives an average of 180 cm/y (70 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 6824 m (-20561 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè was founded durring the early 9th century, by Trèbrê Trëmth. The establishment of Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Trèbrê Trëmth electing to pay people to resettle in Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive worn bedrock streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. Unfortuantly, these exceptionaly well made fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, 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

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè 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.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè 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.

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

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè 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

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is short in Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè.

The Voonith near Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 3 via chanting.

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.

Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè Census Data: Year 2000

370 of Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 34 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

813 of Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 36 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Píêho-ëthê Dêtîkè. The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History