Large Town: Roe-thaelä Fêqê

Roe-thaelä Fêqê
Example Iron Elven architecture.

State	Dalandic Empire
Provence	Èjila Provence
Sub Provence	Greenwinter Dutchy
Region	Sekskijieqa Heath
Founded	1376
Community Leader	Master Shèsh Shegadsí Bresm Trtêg̈ga
Area	7 km² (2 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	24°C (75°F)
Average Elevation	4424 m (14514 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	281 cm/y (110 in/y)
Population	1815
Population Density	259 people per km² (907 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Augury
Naming
Native name	Roe-thaelä Fêqê
Pronunciation	/ˈroe/ /ˈθaë/
Direct Translation	[permanent] [experiment]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

The name Roe-thaelä Fêqê is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Roe-thaelä Fêqê was founded by Shèsh Shegadsí Bresm, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Roe-thaelä Fêqê has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Roe-thaelä Fêqê receives an average of 281 cm/y (110 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Roe-thaelä Fêqê covers an area of nearly 7 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4424 m (14514 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Roe-thaelä Fêqê was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1376, by Shèsh Shegadsí Bresm. The establishment of Roe-thaelä Fêqê was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Roe-thaelä Fêqê's construction back out of the project. Shèsh Shegadsí Bresm pushed on reguardles, and Roe-thaelä Fêqê was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê is is constructed arround a semi-circular crampt packed earth mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Roe-thaelä Fêqê's size could have. Roe-thaelä Fêqê's well-designed, yet cheep are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Roe-thaelä Fêqê makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It’s a quiet town filled with closed scriptoriums, people quietly yet dejectedly reading in isolated places around town, and the occasional book laying in a heap of garbage.

Civic Infrastructure

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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 Roe-thaelä Fêqê. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Roe-thaelä Fêqê's parks.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Roe-thaelä Fêqê.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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.

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

Roe-thaelä Fêqê has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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 Roe-thaelä Fêqê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê 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

Roe-thaelä Fêqê is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê's chapel 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 Rat near Roe-thaelä Fêqê are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Roe-thaelä Fêqê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 3 via guttural bellowing.

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: 5
Farm Laborer: 8
Hunters: 6
Milk Maids: 4
Ranchers: 2
Ranch Hands: 5
Shepherds: 4

Farmland: 7350 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 453
Poultry: 5445
Swine: 363
Sheep: 18
Goats: 3
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 181

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 3
Blacksmiths: 4
Bookbinders: 2
Buckle-makers: 2
Cabinetmakers: 3
Candlemakers: 5
Carpenters: 6
Clothmakers: 4
Coach and Harness Makers: 1
Coopers: 4
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 2
Copyists: 1
Cutlers: 1
Fabricworkers: 4
Farrier: 9
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 6
Gunsmiths: 3
Harness-Makers: 1
Hatters: 3
Hosiery Workers: 1
Jewelers: 2
Leatherwrights: 4
Locksmiths: 1
Matchstick makers: 2
Musical Instrument Makers: 2
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Paper Workers: 2
Plasterers: 2
Pursemakers: 3
Roofers: 1
Ropemakers: 1
Rugmakers: 1
Saddlers: 3
Scabbardmakers: 3
Scalemakers: 1
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Shoemakers: 1
Soap and Tallow Workers: 5
Tailors: 14
Tanners: 2
Upholsterers: 2
Watchmakers: 2
Weavers: 5
Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 2
Booksellers: 2
Butchers: 4
Chandlers: 4
Chicken Butchers: 4
Entrepreneurs: 1
Fine Clothiers: 5
Fishmongers: 4
Florists: 1
Potion Sellers: 3
Resellers: 6
Spice Merchants: 2
Wine-sellers: 3
Wheelwright: 2
Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

Bakers: 9
Barbers: 8
Coachmen: 2
Cooks: 7
Doctors: 3
Gamekeepers: 2
Grooms: 1
Hairdressers: 6
Healers: 4
Housekeepers: 5
Housemaids: 9
House Stewards: 5
Inns: 1
Laundry maids: 3
Maidservants: 6
Nursery Maids: 3
Pastrycooks: 6
Restaurateur: 8
Tavern Keepers: 8

Specialized Laborer

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

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 2
Alchemist: 2
Clerk: 3
Dentists: 1
Educators: 5
Engineers: 2
Gardeners: 1
Mages: 1
Plumbers: 1
Pharmacist: 2
Scientists: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 1
Bankers: 2
Civil Clerks: 3
Civic Iudex: 2
Consultants: 1
Exorcist: 4
Fixers: 2
Kami Clerk: 3
Landlords: 3
Lawyers: 2
Legend Keepers: 3
Militia Officers: 13
Monks, Monastic: 5
Monks, Civic: 6
Historian, Oral: 4
Historian, Textual: 2
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 4
Priests: 8
Rangers: 2
Rat Catchers: 2
Scholars: 2
Spiritualist: 3
Slayers: 1
Storytellers: 7
Military Officers: 6

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 4
Comfort Services: 7
Enchanters: 2
Herbalists: 2
Jaminators: 6
Needleworkers: 5
Potters: 2
Preserve Makers: 5
Quilters: 2
Seamsters: 11
Spinners: 5
Tinker: 1
Weaver: 4

Artists

Actors: 1
Bards: 2
Costumers: 1
Dancers: 2
Drafters: 1
Engravers: 1
Glaziers: 1
Inlayers: 1
Musicians: 5
Playwrights: 1
Sculptors, Art: 1
Wood Carvers: 6
Writers: 6

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 6
Canners: 5
Cheesmakers: 6
Millers: 3
Picklers: 2
Smokers: 2
Stockmakers: 2
Tobacconists: 2
Tallowmakers: 3

594 of Roe-thaelä Fêqê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1094 of Roe-thaelä Fêqê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 127 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Roe-thaelä Fêqê is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

History

The the a coin of Necromancy, an a coin imbued with potent amounts of Necromancy energies was created near Roe-thaelä Fêqê by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.