Vabíën-lêfê Bî

Vabíën-lêfê Bî (/ˈqaʤe/ /ˈlɘfɘ/ [mammal] [grade]) is a subtropical Large Town located in the Sëcëngêki Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Vabíën-lêfê Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Vabíën-lêfê Bî was founded by Elen Trg̈nm, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Vabíën-lêfê Bî has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 25°C (77°F). Vabíën-lêfê Bî receives an average of 150 cm/y (59 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Vabíën-lêfê Bî covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3018 m (9901 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vabíën-lêfê Bî was founded durring the late 17th century in late fall of the year 1594, by Elen Trg̈nm. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Vabíën-lêfê Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vabíën-lêfê Bî is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Vabíën-lêfê Bî is is constructed arround a series of spacious baked earthen mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town has a fortified albit thin brick wall. The wall has most of the feeatures of a typical castle wall, just on a much smaller scale and and budget. Notably brick isn't a particuarly soild choice for resisting siege weapons. Vabíën-lêfê Bî's wall wouldn't hinder a proper army, but it is more than sufishent for bandits and other small marauding groups. The town's monster and outlaw focused fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

A look arround Vabíën-lêfê Bî reveals an abundance of schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the town places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Vabíën-lêfê Bî 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 Vabíën-lêfê Bî. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Vabíën-lêfê Bî's parks.

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

Vabíën-lêfê 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.

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

Vabíën-lêfê Bî 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.

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

Vabíën-lêfê Bî 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 Vabíën-lêfê Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vabíën-lêfê 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.

Vabíën-lêfê Bî 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

Vabíën-lêfê Bî's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Vabíën-lêfê Bî there is no wind.

The Urdefhan near Vabíën-lêfê Bî are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Vabíën-lêfê Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves ritual combat to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Vabíën-lêfê Bî Census Data: Year 2000

510 of Vabíën-lêfê Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 112 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 88 work as Service Workers
• 52 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 47 work in Cottage Industries
• 24 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

955 of Vabíën-lêfê Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 127 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vabíën-lêfê Bî has a conflict with a neighboring community. This usually isn't part of a larger war, but is instead a personal animosity between them. It may be the community has suffered at their enemy's hands, or they may have been the ones applying the suffering. Constant low-level skirmishes and trouble making go on between the two.

Vabíën-lêfê Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

The the a tunic of Conjuration, an a tunic imbued with great amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Vabíën-cîkêyê Dêtîkè by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History