Cebî-cèna Ratê

Cebî-cèna Ratê (/ˈcebɪ/ /ˈcèna/ [ribbon; tape] [hip]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Ko-13nhun Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Cebî-cèna Ratê is derived from the Goblin language, as Cebî-cèna Ratê was founded by Khèbëd, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Cebî-cèna Ratê has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Cebî-cèna Ratê receives an average of 223 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Cebî-cèna Ratê covers an area of nearly 77 km² (30 mi²), and an average elevation of 1754 m (5754 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Cebî-cèna Ratê was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1299, by Khèbëd. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Cebî-cèna Ratê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Cebî-cèna Ratê is no diffrent. The city'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.

Cebî-cèna Ratê is buildings are arranged arround a single premissive flagstone mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Cebî-cèna Ratê weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. Cebî-cèna Ratê's budget focused millitary grade defenses are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

A look around Cebî-cèna Ratê gives you a feeling of distrust and paranoia. Also greed. The locals seem to be very much into scholastic pursuits, based on the hushed, murmured conversations you hear at least. Everyone in Cebî-cèna Ratê acts like they have discovered something wondrous, and are worried they will endure some horrible fate so another can take what they’ve discovered for themselves.

Civic Infrastructure

Cebî-cèna Ratê possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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 Cebî-cèna Ratê. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Cebî-cèna Ratê's parks.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Cebî-cèna Ratê.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has a government-funded child care program, overseen by the local Department of Nursemaids, which is responsible for providing childcare to working-class citizens according to local ordinances.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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.

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

Cebî-cèna Ratê has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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 City. Cebî-cèna Ratê's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Cebî-cèna Ratê's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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 Cebî-cèna Ratê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Cebî-cèna Ratê has a Guild of Roadworkers, who are responsible for maintaining the roadways and public paths within town. They also have the duty of enforcing all civil laws relating to the roadways.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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.

Cebî-cèna Ratê 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Cebî-cèna Ratê hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Cebî-cèna Ratê's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Cebî-cèna Ratê.

The Chaneque near Cebî-cèna Ratê are known to be quite timid.

Cebî-cèna Ratê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Enchantment energies of tier 2 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.

Cebî-cèna Ratê Census Data: Year 2000

6748 of Cebî-cèna Ratê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 372 work in Agriculture
• 1498 work as Craftsmen
• 549 work as Merchants
• 1021 work as Service Workers
• 702 work as General Laborers
• 277 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1001 work as Civil Servants
• 594 work in Cottage Industries
• 373 work as Artists
• 361 work in Produce Industries

10490 of Cebî-cèna Ratê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 907 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Cebî-cèna Ratê's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century, Cebî-cèna Ratê 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 Cebî-cèna Ratê lost 145 people, 365 livestock, and 99 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 159, when members of Cebî-cèna Ratê's militia enacted an operation to assassinate an enemy faction leader. The operation was complicated by aggravated civilians, who cause problems for the militia for a host of reasons. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the strategic location, which ended in a crushing defeat for Cebî-cèna Ratê's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Cebî-cèna Ratê's bards, historians, and legend keepers.

History