Dëcê-píena Ye

Dëcê-píena Ye (/ɪˈtëvɪ/ /ˈp˔ena/ [painful] [jungle]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Sshaumerilel County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Dëcê-píena Ye is derived from the Goblin language, as Dëcê-píena Ye was founded by Kthêv, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Dëcê-píena Ye has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Dëcê-píena Ye receives an average of 289 cm/y (113 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Dëcê-píena Ye covers an area of nearly 268 km² (107 mi²), and an average elevation of 9708 m (-11099 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dëcê-píena Ye was founded durring the early 16th century in fall of the year 1500, by Kthêv. The establishment of Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dëcê-píena Ye is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature waddle and daub construction with good timber frames and a stone foundation protected by thatched or shingled rooves. Most buildings with second floors are built in such a way as to overhang into the streets on the upper floors for more space, as building size seems to be the primary indicator of wealth within the community. Most buildings are not decorated with any integral features, but instead use ivy, flowers, and other natural elements in planters of on trellices to breathe life into the structure they grow upon.

Dëcê-píena Ye is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive baked earthen streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the city's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Dëcê-píena Ye's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The city's top tier civilian fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Dëcê-píena Ye, 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 city 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 Dëcê-píena Ye.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Dëcê-píena Ye has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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 Dëcê-píena Ye. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Dëcê-píena Ye's parks.

Dëcê-píena Ye has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Dëcê-píena Ye.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

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

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

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

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

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

Dëcê-píena Ye 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. Dëcê-píena Ye's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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 Dëcê-píena Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Dëcê-píena Ye's garrison 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in Dëcê-píena Ye.

The Flowering Lattice near Dëcê-píena Ye are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Dëcê-píena Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Summoning energies of tier 2 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.

Dëcê-píena Ye Census Data: Year 2000

24047 of Dëcê-píena Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1375 work in Agriculture
• 5419 work as Craftsmen
• 1944 work as Merchants
• 3716 work as Service Workers
• 2406 work as General Laborers
• 977 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3382 work as Civil Servants
• 2158 work in Cottage Industries
• 1358 work as Artists
• 1312 work in Produce Industries

38394 of Dëcê-píena Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1274 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Dëcê-píena Ye is cursed with recurrent spells of some troublesome disease. The affliction isn’t so fatal as to make living there impossible, but it adds suffering and expense to local lives. The plague might be the product of an ancient curse, the results of long lost toxic remains, or an unavoidable byproduct of whatever industry or purpose justifies the city. It’s probably not overly contagious, but visitors may be in some peril all the same.

Dëcê-píena Ye makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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History

History