Sonê-cèka Ye

Sonê-cèka Ye (/ˈsonɘ/ /ˈcèka/ [coherent] [crowd; audience]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Selnerinlelo County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Sonê-cèka Ye is derived from the Sylvin language, as Sonê-cèka Ye was founded by Tsese, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Sonê-cèka Ye has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Sonê-cèka Ye receives an average of 133 cm/y (52 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Sonê-cèka Ye covers an area of nearly 283 km² (113 mi²), and an average elevation of 6386 m (20951 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sonê-cèka Ye was founded durring the early 13th century in summer of the year 1240, by Tsese. The establishment of Sonê-cèka Ye was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Tsese electing to pay people to resettle in Sonê-cèka Ye.

Sonê-cèka Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye is buildings are grouped arround an odd layout of broad packed earth streets, which seems to be based on an overlapping squair patern such that there are small squares at the cornor of every bigger square. Sometimes buildings exist in the smaller squaires, other times they are open spaces, or occupied by temporary structures. 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 Sonê-cèka Ye, 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. Astonishigly, the Relic of the World That Was are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Sonê-cèka Ye. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Sonê-cèka Ye has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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 Sonê-cèka Ye. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Sonê-cèka Ye's parks.

Sonê-cèka Ye has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Sonê-cèka Ye.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Sonê-cèka Ye has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

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

Sonê-cèka Ye has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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. Sonê-cèka Ye's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Sonê-cèka Ye's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Sonê-cèka Ye has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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 Sonê-cèka Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye 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

Sonê-cèka Ye's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Sonê-cèka Ye there are no smells.

The Sasquatch near Sonê-cèka Ye are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Sonê-cèka Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Enchantment 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.

Sonê-cèka Ye Census Data: Year 2000

25394 of Sonê-cèka Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1397 work in Agriculture
• 5748 work as Craftsmen
• 2106 work as Merchants
• 3760 work as Service Workers
• 2552 work as General Laborers
• 1049 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3673 work as Civil Servants
• 2263 work in Cottage Industries
• 1447 work as Artists
• 1399 work in Produce Industries

39545 of Sonê-cèka Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2008 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

Sonê-cèka Ye used to be more prosperous, but something happened relatively long ago that left it a shrunken shadow of its former self. If the settlement is prosperous, the locals often lament how much more they could have had. If the settlement is not prosperous, the locals blame their ill fortunes on that event. Reminders of this better time can be found in many places within Sonê-cèka Ye.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.

History