Pî-tizè Bî

Pî-tizè Bî (/ˈsënɘ/ /ˈtizè/ [complicated; complex; intricate] [research]) is a subtropical Town located in Kàchyû Dæhæ Dutchy, Yêgècêkêthê Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Pî-tizè Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Pî-tizè Bî was founded by Ktîl Èdsîpî, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Pî-tizè Bî has a yearly average temperature of 31°C (87°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 35°C (95°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 28°C (82°F). Pî-tizè Bî receives an average of 142 cm/y (55 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Pî-tizè Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3276 m (10748 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Pî-tizè Bî was founded durring the late 18th century in late fall of the year 1758, by Ktîl Èdsîpî. The establishment of Pî-tizè Bî was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Ktîl Èdsîpî electing to pay people to resettle in Pî-tizè Bî.

Pî-tizè Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Pî-tizè Bî is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Pî-tizè Bî is buildings are built arround a single broad cobblestone mainstreet which forms a counterclockwise spiral to give the town a over all circular shape. The town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The town's frontieer-style defences have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

A quick look in any direction shows Pî-tizè Bî is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Pî-tizè 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.

Pî-tizè 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.

Pî-tizè 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.

Pî-tizè 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.

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

Pî-tizè Bî has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Pî-tizè 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.

Cultural Notes

While Pî-tizè Bî might ostensibly be ruled by some other power, real control lies with the senior members of the local craft and labor guilds. Their decisions have the practical weight of law, and much of their time and effort is spent squeezing out competitors and parceling out economic opportunities in the community. Some guilds might have little or nothing to do with their original trade, and now exist purely as shells for political influence.

Pî-tizè Bî's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Pî-tizè Bî.

The Leshy, Leaf near Pî-tizè Bî are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Pî-tizè Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves square dance to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Pî-tizè Bî Census Data: Year 2000

367 of Pî-tizè Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 76 work as Craftsmen
• 30 work as Merchants
• 62 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 54 work as Civil Servants
• 36 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

770 of Pî-tizè Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 72 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Pî-tizè Bî's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

The the a tablet of Charm, an a tablet imbued with notable amounts of Charm energies was created in Pî-tizè Bî by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History