Vandës-voyè Bî

Vandës-voyè Bî (/ˈʃɘto/ /ˈvojè/ [strong; tough; robust] [shirt; blouse]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ëradîvë Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Vandës-voyè Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Vandës-voyè Bî was founded by Shëîv Fyêbmtco, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Vandës-voyè Bî has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°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 18°C (64°F). Vandës-voyè Bî receives an average of 257 cm/y (101 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Vandës-voyè Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1868 m (6128 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vandës-voyè Bî was founded durring the late 16th century in summer of the year 1468, by Shëîv Fyêbmtco. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Shëîv Fyêbmtco.

Vandës-voyè Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vandës-voyè Bî is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Vandës-voyè Bî is buildings folow an organic layout of crampt packed earth streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town is protected by a series of wooden fences ringing the town's parimiter, which are likly intended to keep varrious beasts out of town rather than protect it from attack by any intelegent agents. Vandës-voyè Bî's bare minimum defences 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.

A look around Vandës-voyè Bî 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 Vandës-voyè Bî’s layout as well as the local’s behaviors. The town seems to be a den of chaos where tongues are forked and local customs do not exist.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Vandës-voyè 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.

Vandës-voyè 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.

Vandës-voyè 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.

Vandës-voyè Bî 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.

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

Vandës-voyè Bî 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 Town. Vandës-voyè Bî's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Vandës-voyè Bî's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Vandës-voyè 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 Vandës-voyè Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vandës-voyè 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.

Vandës-voyè 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

Vandës-voyè Bî's garrison 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 Vandës-voyè Bî the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Goldpebble near Vandës-voyè Bî are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Vandës-voyè Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Enchantment energies of tier 3 via chanting.

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.

Vandës-voyè Bî Census Data: Year 2000

407 of Vandës-voyè Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 26 work in Agriculture
• 89 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 39 work as General Laborers
• 14 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 41 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 23 work in Produce Industries

889 of Vandës-voyè Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 40 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

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History

The the a kukri of Wild Magic, an a kukri imbued with potent amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Vandës-voyè Bî by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History