Bi-têbo Bî

Bi-têbo Bî (/bi/ /ˈtɘbo/ [new] [picnic]) is a subtropical Small Town located in the Betebê Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Bi-têbo Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Bi-têbo Bî was founded by Snoctîm Gadshëm, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Bi-têbo Bî has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Bi-têbo Bî receives an average of 204 cm/y (80 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Bi-têbo Bî covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 4398 m (14429 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Bi-têbo Bî was founded durring the late 11th century, by Snoctîm Gadshëm. The establishment of Bi-têbo Bî suffered from several major issues, resulting in the need to develop many solutions to basic problems. Problems such as a lack of fresh water, logistical support, poor quality tools, and the odd monster or two. Howeaver, these were overcome in time.

Bi-têbo Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Bi-têbo Bî is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Bi-têbo Bî is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious cobblestone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. 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. Bi-têbo 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 quick look in any direction shows Bi-têbo Bî is filled with vices. There are many taverns, brothels are advertising their services on the streets, cardsharks are plying their illicit trade within public squairs, and every shop has at least three signs advertising various sales on goods. That alone wouldn’t be too noticeable, if it wasn’t just so omnipresent and overwhelmingly how the people of this town live.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Bi-têbo 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.

Bi-têbo 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.

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

Bi-têbo Bî has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

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

Bi-têbo 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

Bi-têbo Bî's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Bi-têbo Bî there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Fly, Giant near Bi-têbo Bî are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Bi-têbo Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves reenactments to channel Chronomancy 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.

Bi-têbo Bî Census Data: Year 2000

256 of Bi-têbo Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 56 work as Craftsmen
• 19 work as Merchants
• 41 work as Service Workers
• 24 work as General Laborers
• 7 work as Skilled Laborers
• 40 work as Civil Servants
• 25 work in Cottage Industries
• 10 work as Artists
• 14 work in Produce Industries

617 of Bi-têbo Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 45 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

While private tutelage of worthy apprentices can be had even in most remote villages, Bi-têbo Bî is home to a proper school dedicated to teaching magic. Such schools are usually small, with no more than a few dozen pupils, most of whom will fail for lack of talent or discipline. The instructors are rarely first-rate, usually serving only for the pay and status, but sometimes a genius sorcerer will find a reason to observe likely apprentices here. Given the unfortunate accident potential of the school, it’s probably isolated or well-fortified.

Bi-têbo Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Bi-têbo Bî suffered the most. Bi-têbo Bî lost 188 people, 284 livestock, and 87 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Death.

History