Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä (/baɪ̯̄/ /lɜ̄ːæ/ [pure] [cabbage]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Ǐērḗē Region of the Goblin Tribes.

The name Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä is derived from the Goblin language, as Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä was founded by Êpî Tsese Shèqtco, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has a yearly average temperature of 14°C (57°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 1°C (33°F). Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä covers an area of nearly 128 km² (51 mi²), and an average elevation of 2226 m (7303 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä was founded durring the early 13th century in fall of the year 1243, by Êpî Tsese Shèqtco. The establishment of Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's construction back out of the project. Êpî Tsese Shèqtco pushed on reguardles, and Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä is no diffrent. The city'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.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä is is constructed arround a semi-circular broad cobblestone mainstreet, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The city's Relic of the World That Was 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 city.

A look around Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä makes you wonder how anything ever gets done. The locals have clear, obvious rivalries with one another, as seen through clenched teeth and fake smiles. What’s more, there is a serious lack of any organization and planning in Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä’s layout as well as the local’s behaviors. The city seems to be a den of chaos where tongues are forked and local customs do not exist.

Civic Infrastructure

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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 Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's parks.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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. Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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 Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Cultural Notes

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is recurring in Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä.

The Lemming near Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sex to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä Census Data: Year 2000

11454 of Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 679 work in Agriculture
• 2473 work as Craftsmen
• 920 work as Merchants
• 1764 work as Service Workers
• 1154 work as General Laborers
• 465 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1728 work as Civil Servants
• 1037 work in Cottage Industries
• 621 work as Artists
• 613 work in Produce Industries

16595 of Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2111 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä has access to some sort of functioning ancient infrastructure, whether it's an array of wall-mounted arcane energy projectors, running water, moving roadways, community-wide climate control, or some other inherited luxury. This infrastructure may be the result of a still-functional Working, or it could be the product of some venerable occult engine that's still operational, or it may be the fruit of the labors of some specially-designed organism or Blighted populace.

Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä is known for its well built pedestrian paths, which include foot bridges to cross the main street at several high-traffic areas.

POI

History

The the a belt of Enchantment, an a belt imbued with notable amounts of Enchantment energies was created in Sa̋w Lërä Ni̋ēkēä by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History