Large City: Qèqî-êèqî Ratê

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	G̈îvrêhêsi Zone
Region	Madena Somaegu Maquis
Founded	1328
Community Leader	Lord Glel
Area	161 km² (64 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	19°C (66°F)
Average Elevation	1188 m (3897 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	215 cm/y (84 in/y)
Population	37601
Population Density	233 people per km² (587 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Summoning
Naming
Native name	Qèqî-êèqî Ratê
Pronunciation	/ˈqèqɪ/ /ɘˈèqɪ/
Direct Translation	[single] [trial]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê (/ˈqèqɪ/ /ɘˈèqɪ/ [single] [trial]) is a subtropical Large City located in the G̈îvrêhêsi Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Qèqî-êèqî Ratê is derived from the Sylvin language, as Qèqî-êèqî Ratê was founded by Uirneth, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Qèqî-êèqî Ratê receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Qèqî-êèqî Ratê covers an area of nearly 161 km² (64 mi²), and an average elevation of 1188 m (3897 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê was founded durring the early 14th century in winter of the year 1328, by Uirneth. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Uirneth.

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê is buildings are arranged within a network of premissive flagstone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's robustly designed timber walls are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

Right off the bat Qèqî-êèqî Ratê hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the city has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

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

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Qèqî-êèqî 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. Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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 Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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.

Qèqî-êèqî 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

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's bank 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.

The Gravebound near Qèqî-êèqî Ratê are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves line dance to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 via recitation of poetic epics.

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: 71
Farmers: 121
Farm Laborer: 235
Hunters: 125
Milk Maids: 101
Ranchers: 52
Ranch Hands: 97
Shepherds: 101

Farmland: 153036 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 9400
Poultry: 112803
Swine: 7520
Sheep: 376
Goats: 75
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 3760

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 69
Blacksmiths: 87
Bookbinders: 47
Buckle-makers: 52
Cabinetmakers: 96
Candlemakers: 121
Carpenters: 123
Clothmakers: 96
Coach and Harness Makers: 39
Coopers: 94
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 53
Copyists: 36
Cutlers: 31
Fabricworkers: 83
Farrier: 203
Furriers: 24
Glassworkers: 139
Gunsmiths: 84
Harness-Makers: 37
Hatters: 68
Hosiery Workers: 26
Jewelers: 40
Leatherwrights: 96
Locksmiths: 38
Matchstick makers: 62
Musical Instrument Makers: 52
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 48
Paper Workers: 56
Plasterers: 49
Pursemakers: 67
Roofers: 39
Ropemakers: 37
Rugmakers: 36
Saddlers: 72
Scabbardmakers: 77
Scalemakers: 40
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 24
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 36
Shoemakers: 35
Soap and Tallow Workers: 119
Tailors: 227
Tanners: 47
Upholsterers: 52
Watchmakers: 50
Weavers: 113
Whitesmiths: 31

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 26
Arcana Sellers: 26
Beer-Sellers: 52
Booksellers: 55
Butchers: 98
Chandlers: 96
Chicken Butchers: 105
Entrepreneurs: 38
Fine Clothiers: 96
Fishmongers: 104
Florists: 22
Potion Sellers: 70
Resellers: 188
Spice Merchants: 50
Wine-sellers: 73
Wheelwright: 56
Woodsellers: 34

Service workers

Bakers: 197
Barbers: 214
Coachmen: 52
Cooks: 139
Doctors: 77
Gamekeepers: 56
Grooms: 32
Hairdressers: 139
Healers: 105
Housekeepers: 107
Housemaids: 170
House Stewards: 107
Inns: 35
Laundry maids: 73
Maidservants: 121
Nursery Maids: 65
Pastrycooks: 150
Restaurateur: 129
Tavern Keepers: 170

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 51
Bleachers: 33
Chemical Workers: 21
Coal Heavers: 73
In-Town Couriers: 87
Long Haul Couriers: 87
Dockyard Workers: 83
Gas Workers: 18
Hay Merchants: 31
Leech Collectors: 95
Millers: 83
Miners: 83
Oilmen and Polishers: 60
Postmen: 81
Pure Finder: 46
Skinners: 113
Sugar Refiners: 21
Tosher: 57
Warehousemen: 134
Watercarriers: 79
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 110

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 49
Alchemist: 54
Clerk: 80
Dentists: 37
Educators: 103
Engineers: 52
Gardeners: 38
Mages: 28
Plumbers: 40
Pharmacist: 46
Professors: 16
Scientists: 28
Wizards: 16

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 37
Bankers: 51
Civil Clerks: 80
Civic Iudex: 41
Consultants: 24
Exorcist: 85
Fixers: 44
Kami Clerk: 71
Landlords: 70
Lawyers: 46
Legend Keepers: 62
Militia Officers: 376
Monks, Monastic: 121
Monks, Civic: 107
Historian, Oral: 87
Historian, Textual: 45
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 83
Priests: 134
Rangers: 50
Rat Catchers: 58
Scholars: 60
Spiritualist: 68
Slayers: 21
Storytellers: 136
Military Officers: 129

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 101
Comfort Services: 139
Enchanters: 43
Herbalists: 40
Jaminators: 139
Needleworkers: 134
Potters: 64
Preserve Makers: 107
Quilters: 53
Seamsters: 221
Spinners: 101
Tinker: 41
Weaver: 104

Artists

Actors: 40
Architects: 14
Bards: 59
Costumers: 22
Dancers: 44
Drafters: 23
Engravers: 29
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 18
Glaziers: 40
Inlayers: 36
Musicians: 110
Painters, Art: 19
Playwrights: 38
Sculptors, Art: 31
Wood Carvers: 134
Writers: 134

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 121
Canners: 107
Cheesmakers: 121
Ice Merchants: 16
Millers: 73
Picklers: 62
Smokers: 47
Stockmakers: 42
Tobacconists: 57
Tallowmakers: 83

14236 of Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

22237 of Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1128 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Qèqî-êèqî Ratê is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

The center of Qèqî-êèqî Ratê's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

History

The the a mace of Augury, an a mace imbued with great amounts of Augury energies was created near Qèqî-êèqî Ratê by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.