Dulelà Æchâ

Dulelà Æchâ (/duˈlelə/ /ˈæʧɑ/ [bright] [root]) is a subtropical Town located in Aldburn Dutchy, Lu̽chi Viya Empire, within the Warrenese Shogunate.

The name Dulelà Æchâ is derived from the Wareneese language, as Dulelà Æchâ was founded by Colle Tsîm, who was culturaly Wareneese.

Climate

Dulelà Æchâ has a yearly average temperature of 13°C (55°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a freezing 0°C (32°F). Dulelà Æchâ receives an average of 291 cm/y (114 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Dulelà Æchâ covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4526 m (14849 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dulelà Æchâ was founded durring the early 10th century, by Colle Tsîm. The establishment of Dulelà Æchâ 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.

Dulelà Æchâ was built using the conventions of Wareneese durring the early 10th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Dulelà Æchâ is no diffrent. The town'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.

Dulelà Æchâ is buildings are arranged arround a single crampt flagstone 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 comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The timber-based walls has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Dulelà Æchâ, 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 preforming the same rituals to bless and anoint building,s streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holysymbols is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This town certainly loves its god.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Dulelà Æchâ 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.

Dulelà Æchâ 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.

Dulelà Æchâ 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.

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

Dulelà Æchâ 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. Dulelà Æchâ's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Dulelà Æchâ has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Dulelà Æchâ 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.

Cultural Notes

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Dulelà Æchâ 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.

Dulelà Æchâ's garrison 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, winter is short in Dulelà Æchâ.

The Xtabay near Dulelà Æchâ are known to be quite timid.

Dulelà Æchâ's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Necromancy energies of tier 1 via guttural bellowing.

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.

Dulelà Æchâ Census Data: Year 2000

398 of Dulelà Æchâ's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 90 work as Craftsmen
• 32 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 39 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 40 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

845 of Dulelà Æchâ's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 38 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Dulelà Æchâ is known for its unusual rock formations.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami ended a drought plaguing Dulelà Æchâ. One of Dulelà Æchâ's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History