Vëci-thinëkè Bî

Vëci-thinëkè Bî (/ˈvëci/ /θiˈnëkè/ [violin] [entrance]) is a subtropical Town located in the Gêngípíêpíêè Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Vëci-thinëkè Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Vëci-thinëkè Bî was founded by Lirulindil Dyeshèle, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Vëci-thinëkè Bî has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Vëci-thinëkè Bî receives an average of 195 cm/y (76 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Vëci-thinëkè Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7518 m (-18284 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vëci-thinëkè Bî was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1223, by Lirulindil Dyeshèle. The establishment of Vëci-thinëkè Bî was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Lirulindil Dyeshèle electing to pay people to resettle in Vëci-thinëkè Bî.

Vëci-thinëkè Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vëci-thinëkè Bî is no diffrent. The town'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.

Vëci-thinëkè Bî is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of spacious cobblestone streets which form triangular paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks and fences to provide minimal protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's somewhat suffishent have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Vëci-thinëkè Bî. 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. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Vëci-thinëkè 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.

Vëci-thinëkè 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.

Vëci-thinëkè 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.

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

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

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

Vëci-thinëkè 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

The locals are convinced that there is some terrible threat against them working from within their society. It may be a matter of dark sorcerers, foreign spies, traitorous neighbors, shape shifting monsters, or some other hidden evil. This evil may be a recent fear, or it may be an inherited peril they’ve always had to guard against. The danger itself may or may not exist, or if it exists it may not justify the steps being taken.

Vëci-thinëkè Bî's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

In Vëci-thinëkè Bî every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Tizheruk near Vëci-thinëkè Bî are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Vëci-thinëkè Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Invocation 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.

Vëci-thinëkè Bî Census Data: Year 2000

364 of Vëci-thinëkè Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 28 work as Merchants
• 59 work as Service Workers
• 34 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 53 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

795 of Vëci-thinëkè Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 35 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vëci-thinëkè Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

POI

History

The the a pair of chausses of Charm, an a pair of chausses imbued with potent amounts of Charm energies was created near Vdro̠grǟk-ovle̜ Vrët by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History