Catê-thalê Bî

Catê-thalê Bî (/ˈcatɘ/ /ˈθalɘ/ [past] [louse]) is a subtropical Town located in the Lëcêngthëvi Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Catê-thalê Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Catê-thalê Bî was founded by Jō̄ Ermēsh 'Quinn Martin' Joīkīkī Vú̄ń̄s Erménḱ Trg̈m, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Catê-thalê Bî has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 32°C (89°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Catê-thalê Bî receives an average of 269 cm/y (105 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Catê-thalê Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1750 m (5741 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Catê-thalê Bî was founded durring the late 12th century in summer of the year 1060, by Jō̄ Ermēsh 'Quinn Martin' Joīkīkī Vú̄ń̄s Erménḱ Trg̈m. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Catê-thalê Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Catê-thalê Bî 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.

Catê-thalê Bî is buildings folow an organic layout of spacious packed earth streets whihch gives the town a shape simmilar to a tree, if one views its streets from above. The town posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Astonishigly, the failry decent fortifications are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Catê-thalê Bî, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same god, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its god. More than it loves wealth. The town is very clearly poor. Buildings are run down in ways that are not imeadiatly obvious. The people are a bit too thin. The market is very eager to sell to newcomers, but not so eager to buy from them. There’s also a general lack of the hum and buzz of healthy industry in Catê-thalê Bî.

Civic Infrastructure

Catê-thalê Bî 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 Catê-thalê Bî. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Catê-thalê Bî's parks.

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

Catê-thalê 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.

Catê-thalê 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.

Catê-thalê 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.

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

Catê-thalê Bî 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. Catê-thalê Bî's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Catê-thalê Bî possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Catê-thalê Bî 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 Catê-thalê Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Catê-thalê 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.

Catê-thalê Bî 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

Catê-thalê Bî's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is short in Catê-thalê Bî.

The Amphisbaena near Catê-thalê Bî are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Catê-thalê Bî'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 Chronomancy energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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.

Catê-thalê Bî Census Data: Year 2000

414 of Catê-thalê Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 93 work as Craftsmen
• 33 work as Merchants
• 69 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 60 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

822 of Catê-thalê Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 107 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Catê-thalê Bî was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

The roads leading into Catê-thalê Bî possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Catê-thalê Bî 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 Catê-thalê Bî lost 107 people, 381 livestock, and 54 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 121, when members of Catê-thalê Bî's militia enacted an operation to train a group of civilians for a special clandestine operation. The operation was complicated by a natural disaster interrupted the operation, shattering unit cohesion. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the depot, which ended in a stalemate for Catê-thalê Bî's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Catê-thalê Bî's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

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