Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka (/ˈbɛkə̝/ /ˈjɛkti/ [black] [steam]) is a subtropical Large Town located in Mechyooma Zone, Liwbărǐm District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka is derived from the Constructi language, as Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka was founded by Èlkegado Fyesmtco, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka has a yearly average temperature of 15°C (59°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1724 m (5656 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1262, by Èlkegado Fyesmtco. 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 Èlkegado Fyesmtco.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka is buildings are arranged arround a single crampt paverstone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the town a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. 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. Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka'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 town's boondoggle-of-a-fortified wall 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 around Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka makes it abundantly clear the town suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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 Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's parks.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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.

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

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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 Large Town. Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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 Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's natural decorations nor waterways.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka 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

The locals have cut a deal with some unspeakable entity, trading some form of tribute (benign of horrific) in exchange for the being’s forbearance or assistance. Outsiders may be ignorant of the bargain, or they may know that the community is in thrall but be too fearful of its master to take action against them. The creature likely serves as a protector as well as a tyrant, so the locals may be content with the deal even if it doesn’t offer any further inducement or aid.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by their massive, monolithic and 'blocky' appearance with a rigid geometric style. It was best known for its rough, unfinished surfaces, unusual shapes, heavy-looking materials, straight lines, and small windows. Modular elements were often used to form masses representing specific functional zones, grouped into a unified whole.

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is skipped in Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka.

The Amoeba Swarm near Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves ritual combat to channel Transmutation 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.

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka Census Data: Year 2000

487 of Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 28 work in Agriculture
• 109 work as Craftsmen
• 39 work as Merchants
• 83 work as Service Workers
• 48 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 68 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 26 work in Produce Industries

956 of Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 60 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka lost 171 people, 311 livestock, and 33 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 64, when members of Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's militia enacted an operation to locate a particular fortification. The operation was complicated by freezing cold, such that the troops suffered frostbite. The conflict ended with a last stand against the enemy until a particular event occurred, which ended in a stalemate for Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Běkă Yěkti Birěkhka's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History