Large City: Sëî-lotê Ratê

Sëî-lotê Ratê
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	Jithêmênë Zone
Region	Vïtái-njil Holt
Founded	1342
Community Leader	Lord Trêgaresí
Area	54 km² (21 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	27°C (80°F)
Average Elevation	5112 m (16771 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	250 cm/y (98 in/y)
Population	12935
Population Density	239 people per km² (615 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Transmutation
Naming
Native name	Sëî-lotê Ratê
Pronunciation	/ˈkëha/ /ˈlotɘ/
Direct Translation	[vague; ambiguous] [block; brick; cube]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Sëî-lotê Ratê (/ˈkëha/ /ˈlotɘ/ [vague; ambiguous] [block; brick; cube]) is a temperate Large City located in the Jithêmênë Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Sëî-lotê Ratê is derived from the Sylvin language, as Sëî-lotê Ratê was founded by Trî, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Sëî-lotê Ratê has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Sëî-lotê Ratê receives an average of 250 cm/y (98 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Sëî-lotê Ratê covers an area of nearly 54 km² (21 mi²), and an average elevation of 5112 m (16771 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sëî-lotê Ratê was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1342, by Trî. The establishment of Sëî-lotê Ratê suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

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

Sëî-lotê Ratê is buildings have been located at convienant points along the mountain Sëî-lotê Ratê was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the premissive cobblestone streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Sëî-lotê Ratê's failry decent fortifications 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.

Right off the bat Sëî-lotê 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.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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.

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

Sëî-lotê Ratê has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Sëî-lotê 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. Sëî-lotê Ratê's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Sëî-lotê 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.

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

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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 Sëî-lotê Ratê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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.

Sëî-lotê 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.

Cultural Notes

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Sëî-lotê Ratê's mayor's house 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.

The Deer, Ringhorn near Sëî-lotê Ratê are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Sëî-lotê Ratê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 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: 23
Farmers: 40
Farm Laborer: 68
Hunters: 41
Milk Maids: 33
Ranchers: 17
Ranch Hands: 38
Shepherds: 32

Farmland: 52386 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 3233
Poultry: 38805
Swine: 2587
Sheep: 129
Goats: 25
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 1293

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 25
Blacksmiths: 29
Bookbinders: 16
Buckle-makers: 17
Cabinetmakers: 31
Candlemakers: 44
Carpenters: 39
Clothmakers: 36
Coach and Harness Makers: 14
Coopers: 32
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 17
Copyists: 12
Cutlers: 10
Fabricworkers: 32
Farrier: 112
Furriers: 8
Glassworkers: 53
Gunsmiths: 29
Harness-Makers: 12
Hatters: 26
Hosiery Workers: 9
Jewelers: 14
Leatherwrights: 30
Locksmiths: 12
Matchstick makers: 20
Musical Instrument Makers: 19
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 16
Paper Workers: 20
Plasterers: 17
Pursemakers: 21
Roofers: 13
Ropemakers: 13
Rugmakers: 12
Saddlers: 25
Scabbardmakers: 28
Scalemakers: 14
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 8
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 12
Shoemakers: 12
Soap and Tallow Workers: 37
Tailors: 73
Tanners: 16
Upholsterers: 19
Watchmakers: 17
Weavers: 38
Whitesmiths: 10

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 8
Arcana Sellers: 8
Beer-Sellers: 17
Booksellers: 18
Butchers: 30
Chandlers: 34
Chicken Butchers: 34
Entrepreneurs: 13
Fine Clothiers: 32
Fishmongers: 34
Florists: 7
Potion Sellers: 22
Resellers: 51
Spice Merchants: 16
Wine-sellers: 26
Wheelwright: 19
Woodsellers: 12

Service workers

Bakers: 76
Barbers: 73
Coachmen: 18
Cooks: 51
Doctors: 27
Gamekeepers: 21
Grooms: 11
Hairdressers: 44
Healers: 36
Housekeepers: 34
Housemaids: 64
House Stewards: 41
Inns: 12
Laundry maids: 24
Maidservants: 41
Nursery Maids: 24
Pastrycooks: 43
Restaurateur: 53
Tavern Keepers: 71

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 17
Bleachers: 11
Chemical Workers: 7
Coal Heavers: 27
In-Town Couriers: 28
Long Haul Couriers: 30
Dockyard Workers: 27
Gas Workers: 6
Hay Merchants: 10
Leech Collectors: 37
Millers: 30
Miners: 29
Oilmen and Polishers: 20
Postmen: 29
Pure Finder: 17
Skinners: 36
Sugar Refiners: 7
Tosher: 20
Warehousemen: 43
Watercarriers: 26
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 39

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 15
Alchemist: 19
Clerk: 26
Dentists: 13
Educators: 34
Engineers: 18
Gardeners: 13
Mages: 9
Plumbers: 14
Pharmacist: 15
Professors: 5
Scientists: 9
Wizards: 5

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 12
Bankers: 18
Civil Clerks: 31
Civic Iudex: 15
Consultants: 8
Exorcist: 28
Fixers: 15
Kami Clerk: 25
Landlords: 26
Lawyers: 15
Legend Keepers: 21
Militia Officers: 86
Monks, Monastic: 40
Monks, Civic: 46
Historian, Oral: 28
Historian, Textual: 15
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 30
Priests: 46
Rangers: 17
Rat Catchers: 19
Scholars: 21
Spiritualist: 24
Slayers: 7
Storytellers: 50
Military Officers: 43

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 34
Comfort Services: 53
Enchanters: 14
Herbalists: 14
Jaminators: 46
Needleworkers: 47
Potters: 20
Preserve Makers: 39
Quilters: 18
Seamsters: 80
Spinners: 36
Tinker: 14
Weaver: 34

Artists

Actors: 13
Architects: 5
Bards: 21
Costumers: 7
Dancers: 15
Drafters: 8
Engravers: 10
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 6
Glaziers: 13
Inlayers: 12
Musicians: 38
Painters, Art: 6
Playwrights: 14
Sculptors, Art: 11
Wood Carvers: 44
Writers: 43

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 53
Canners: 34
Cheesmakers: 43
Ice Merchants: 5
Millers: 25
Picklers: 22
Smokers: 16
Stockmakers: 13
Tobacconists: 18
Tallowmakers: 28

4882 of Sëî-lotê Ratê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

7536 of Sëî-lotê Ratê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 517 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Sëî-lotê Ratê 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.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Sëî-lotê Ratê was attacked by a group of notorious bandits. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Sëî-lotê Ratê lost 211 people, 200 livestock, and 48 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 78, when members of Sëî-lotê Ratê's militia enacted an operation to patrol a specific area to dissuade the enemy from their current activities. The operation was complicated by a trusted officer who turned traitor and defects. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for Sëî-lotê Ratê's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Sëî-lotê Ratê's bards, historians, and legend keepers.