Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè (/ˈcadɘ/ /ˈʃëʤe/ [mass] [tie]) is a subtropical Town located in Jasktpqidosu Hold, Pîndëpíèkècî Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè was founded by Harmony Trêbê, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 23°C (73°F). Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè receives an average of 244 cm/y (96 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 3926 m (12880 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè was founded durring the late 16th century in spring of the year 1561, by Harmony Trêbê. The establishment of Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Harmony Trêbê struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè as a prison colony.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè 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.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè is buildings are speckled and packed arround restrictive paverstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's minimaly adiquite 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.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This town is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè 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 Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè's parks.

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

Cadê-shëje 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.

Cadê-shëje 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.

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

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè 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. Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè 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 Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Cadê-shëje 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.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its functional shapes, abstract shapes used sparingly for decor, simple color schemes, holistic design, and basic industrial materials. Its simple designs were created to be beautiful, functional, and mass-producible. The style used little to no embellishment or ornamentation, instead drawing attention to the streamlined design, such as flat roofs to create a simple, geometric look. The simplicity masks the style's nearly sinister functionality, as every last feature is designed to guide the people living in the building in how to make the most efficient use of the structure.

In Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Church Grim near Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Abjuration energies of tier 3 via divine sermons.

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.

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè Census Data: Year 2000

407 of Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 87 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 68 work as Service Workers
• 39 work as General Laborers
• 15 work as Skilled Laborers
• 61 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

885 of Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 53 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century Ill Tides Mountain, an iconic vista located neare Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè, proved to be volcanic when the mountain erupted. The eruption was isolated to the area around Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè, which was swallowed in ash, lava flows, and pyroclastic gasses. Cadê-shëje Dêtîkè lost 205 people, 284 livestock, and 41 buildings in the disaster. The event is forever remembered as the Day of Ill Tides's Wrath.

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