Small Town: Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè
Example Iron Elven architecture.
StateUnion of Engineers
ProvenceLîsithapíe Zone
RegionNål̄aph Qugnäb Moor
Founded1275
Community LeaderCity Manager Zèsî Trthèbe Glêrteg̈
Area3 km2 (1 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp30°C (86°F)
Average Elevation3222 m (10570 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation230 cm/y (90 in/y)
Population890
Population Density296 people per km2 (890 people per mi2)
Town AuraTransmutation
Naming
Native nameBe-g̈enë Dêtîkè
Pronunciation/be/ /ˈg̃enë/
Direct Translation[gold] [bastard]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè (/be/ /ˈg̃enë/ [gold] [bastard]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Lîsithapíe Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè was founded by Zèsî Trthèbe, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè receives an average of 230 cm/y (90 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè covers an area of nearly 3 km2 (1 mi2), and an average elevation of 3222 m (10570 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè was founded durring the late 14th century in spring of the year 1275, by Zèsî Trthèbe. The establishment of Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zèsî Trthèbe struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè as a prison colony.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè 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.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of premissive flagstone 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 sits behind an impressive looking clay brick wall. The wall is notable for querried stone blocks being used to renforce the clay bricks in the expected manner and locations. While the wall was built to the exact specifications of modern fortifications, one has to wonder why the money invested into creating such a well fortified wall wasnt spent on a less impressive looking wall crated from sturdier materials. Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè's walls would endure a brief bombardment, but only from light siege weapons. It seems more likly the town's walls were not designed with defence in mind but rather lending the town a certain air with visitors. The boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè is a bustling hive of activity. Everyone moves at nothing short of a jog, each convocation is a mile a minute, and there’s dedicated lanes for riding through town in the center of each street. The locals all appear to be not merely occupied, but in a true hurry for everything from drinking a pint of ale to their daily work.

Civic Infrastructure

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè 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.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè 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.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè 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.

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

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè 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

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè'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 Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Domovoi near Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 via throat 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.

Agriculture

  • Dairy Farmers: 1
  • Farmers: 2
  • Farm Laborer: 8
  • Hunters: 2
  • Milk Maids: 2
  • Ranchers: 1
  • Ranch Hands: 2
  • Shepherds: 2
    • Farmland: 3604 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 222
    • Poultry: 2670
    • Swine: 178
    • Sheep: 8
    • Goats: 1
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 89

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 1
  • Blacksmiths: 2
  • Bookbinders: 1
  • Buckle-makers: 1
  • Cabinetmakers: 2
  • Candlemakers: 3
  • Carpenters: 3
  • Clothmakers: 2
  • Coopers: 2
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
  • Fabricworkers: 1
  • Farrier: 6
  • Glassworkers: 3
  • Gunsmiths: 2
  • Hatters: 1
  • Jewelers: 1
  • Leatherwrights: 2
  • Matchstick makers: 1
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 1
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
  • Paper Workers: 1
  • Plasterers: 1
  • Pursemakers: 1
  • Saddlers: 1
  • Scabbardmakers: 1
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 3
  • Tailors: 6
  • Tanners: 1
  • Upholsterers: 1
  • Watchmakers: 1
  • Weavers: 2

Merchants

  • Beer-Sellers: 1
  • Booksellers: 1
  • Butchers: 2
  • Chandlers: 2
  • Chicken Butchers: 2
  • Fine Clothiers: 2
  • Fishmongers: 2
  • Potion Sellers: 1
  • Resellers: 3
  • Spice Merchants: 1
  • Wine-sellers: 1
  • Wheelwright: 1

Service workers

  • Bakers: 4
  • Barbers: 3
  • Coachmen: 1
  • Cooks: 4
  • Doctors: 1
  • Gamekeepers: 1
  • Hairdressers: 2
  • Healers: 2
  • Housekeepers: 2
  • Housemaids: 4
  • House Stewards: 2
  • Laundry maids: 1
  • Maidservants: 2
  • Nursery Maids: 1
  • Pastrycooks: 3
  • Restaurateur: 3
  • Tavern Keepers: 3

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 1
  • Coal Heavers: 1
  • In-Town Couriers: 2
  • Long Haul Couriers: 2
  • Dockyard Workers: 1
  • Leech Collectors: 2
  • Millers: 2
  • Miners: 2
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 1
  • Postmen: 1
  • Pure Finder: 1
  • Skinners: 2
  • Tosher: 1
  • Warehousemen: 2
  • Watercarriers: 2
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 2

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 1
  • Alchemist: 1
  • Clerk: 1
  • Educators: 2
  • Engineers: 1
  • Pharmacist: 1

Civil Servants

  • Bankers: 1
  • Civil Clerks: 2
  • Exorcist: 1
  • Fixers: 1
  • Kami Clerk: 1
  • Landlords: 1
  • Lawyers: 1
  • Legend Keepers: 1
  • Militia Officers: 6
  • Monks, Monastic: 2
  • Monks, Civic: 3
  • Historian, Oral: 2
  • Historian, Textual: 1
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 2
  • Priests: 3
  • Rangers: 1
  • Rat Catchers: 1
  • Scholars: 1
  • Spiritualist: 1
  • Storytellers: 2
  • Military Officers: 3

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 2
  • Comfort Services: 3
  • Herbalists: 1
  • Jaminators: 2
  • Needleworkers: 3
  • Potters: 1
  • Preserve Makers: 2
  • Quilters: 1
  • Seamsters: 4
  • Spinners: 2
  • Weaver: 2

Artists

  • Bards: 1
  • Dancers: 1
  • Musicians: 2
  • Wood Carvers: 2
  • Writers: 2

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 2
  • Canners: 2
  • Cheesmakers: 3
  • Millers: 1
  • Picklers: 1
  • Smokers: 1
  • Stockmakers: 1
  • Tobacconists: 1
  • Tallowmakers: 2

247 of Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

572 of Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 71 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè is surrounded by dangerous terrain: miasmatic swamps, perilous crevasses, radioactive badlands, a pocket of or some other harmful topography. Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè might prefer the defensive potential of the terrain here, or have found a precious resource worth the danger. The terrain might have formed at some time since the founding, with the citizens struggling to make terms with the new danger.

Be-g̈enë Dêtîkè is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

The the a small bag of Conjuration, an a small bag imbued with great amounts of Conjuration energies was created near Bë Yuchyhyönyat Kez by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History