Sohê-rëthî Bî

Sohê-rëthî Bî (/ˈsohɘ/ /ˈrëʃɪ/ [famous] [risk; threat]) is a temperate Small Town located in the Ko-13nhun Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Sohê-rëthî Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Sohê-rëthî Bî was founded by Fyêbmtco Trgarega, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Sohê-rëthî Bî has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Sohê-rëthî Bî receives an average of 217 cm/y (85 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Sohê-rëthî Bî covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1308 m (4291 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sohê-rëthî Bî was founded durring the late 19th century in late summer of the year 1871, by Fyêbmtco Trgarega. The establishment of Sohê-rëthî Bî was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Fyêbmtco Trgarega struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Sohê-rëthî Bî as a prison colony.

Sohê-rëthî Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 19th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sohê-rëthî 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.

Sohê-rëthî Bî is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow flagstone streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of Sohê-rëthî Bî's size could have. Sohê-rëthî Bî's well-designed, yet cheep has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Sohê-rëthî Bî is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Sohê-rëthî 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.

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

Sohê-rëthî Bî possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

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

Sohê-rëthî 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

Life is hard in Sohê-rëthî Bî. Its people are impoverished compared to their peers elsewhere. Something is making the locals stay, however, whether fear of the alternative, hope for a better future, or a stubborn attachment to their ancestral lands. Whatver the reason, living in this harsh area for generations has made the people of Sohê-rëthî Bî a notably resourceful and hearty people.

Sohê-rëthî 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..

In Sohê-rëthî Bî sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Stymphalian Bird (Bronze Beak) near Sohê-rëthî Bî are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Sohê-rëthî Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves drinking to channel Necromancy energies of tier 3 via moments of science.

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.

Sohê-rëthî Bî Census Data: Year 2000

256 of Sohê-rëthî Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 53 work as Craftsmen
• 20 work as Merchants
• 41 work as Service Workers
• 25 work as General Laborers
• 8 work as Skilled Laborers
• 41 work as Civil Servants
• 25 work in Cottage Industries
• 9 work as Artists
• 14 work in Produce Industries

640 of Sohê-rëthî Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 27 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

The the a suit of Banded mail of Conjuration, an a suit of Banded mail imbued with potent amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Sohê-mère Dêtîkè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History