Large Town: È-shêgê Bî

È-shêgê Bî
Example Iron Elven architecture.

State	Union of Engineers
Provence	Glirukmesa Zone
Region	Mensholms Steppe
Founded	1206
Community Leader	City Manager Këi Zeg̈nkê
Area	6 km² (2 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	30°C (86°F)
Average Elevation	13324 m (764 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	179 cm/y (70 in/y)
Population	1510
Population Density	251 people per km² (755 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Charm
Naming
Native name	È-shêgê Bî
Pronunciation	/è/ /ˈʃɘgɘ/
Direct Translation	[canned (food)] [house; home]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

È-shêgê Bî (/è/ /ˈʃɘgɘ/ [canned (food)] [house; home]) is a temperate Large Town located in the Glirukmesa Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name È-shêgê Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as È-shêgê Bî was founded by Mlèbêm Glkesh, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

È-shêgê Bî has a yearly average temperature of 30°C (86°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 35°C (95°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). È-shêgê Bî receives an average of 179 cm/y (70 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. È-shêgê Bî covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 13324 m (764 ft) above sea level.

Overview

È-shêgê Bî was founded durring the early 13th century in winter of the year 1206, by Mlèbêm Glkesh. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Mlèbêm Glkesh.

È-shêgê Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and È-shêgê Bî is no diffrent. The town'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.

È-shêgê Bî is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of broad cobblestone streets which form triangular 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 town is protected by a renforced stone fence which sits atop earthwork defences, for some of the best inexpencive defences a town of È-shêgê Bî's size could have. Astonishigly, the well-designed, yet cheep are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

A look around È-shêgê Bî makes you worry someone might stab you in a dark ally for your boots. It’s not filthy, or dark, but the smiles seem strained, the locals seem to glare daggers in eachothers backs a little too much, and everyone is armed at all times. You may want to keep an eye on your valuables, and make sure you don’t wind up in any position of power.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

È-shêgê 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.

È-shêgê 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.

È-shêgê 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.

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

È-shêgê 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 Large Town. È-shêgê Bî's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

È-shêgê Bî's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

È-shêgê 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 È-shêgê Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

È-shêgê 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.

È-shêgê 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

È-shêgê Bî's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

È-shêgê Bî's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In È-shêgê Bî 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 Ovinnik near È-shêgê Bî are known to be more aggressive than normal.

È-shêgê Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Wild Magic 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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 2
Farmers: 4
Farm Laborer: 8
Hunters: 5
Milk Maids: 3
Ranchers: 1
Ranch Hands: 4
Shepherds: 3

Farmland: 6115 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 377
Poultry: 4530
Swine: 302
Sheep: 15
Goats: 3
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 151

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 3
Blacksmiths: 3
Bookbinders: 1
Buckle-makers: 2
Cabinetmakers: 3
Candlemakers: 5
Carpenters: 4
Clothmakers: 4
Coach and Harness Makers: 1
Coopers: 3
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 2
Copyists: 1
Cutlers: 1
Fabricworkers: 3
Farrier: 13
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 5
Gunsmiths: 3
Harness-Makers: 1
Hatters: 2
Hosiery Workers: 1
Jewelers: 1
Leatherwrights: 3
Locksmiths: 1
Matchstick makers: 2
Musical Instrument Makers: 2
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Paper Workers: 2
Plasterers: 2
Pursemakers: 2
Roofers: 1
Ropemakers: 1
Rugmakers: 1
Saddlers: 2
Scabbardmakers: 3
Scalemakers: 1
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Shoemakers: 1
Soap and Tallow Workers: 5
Tailors: 7
Tanners: 1
Upholsterers: 2
Watchmakers: 2
Weavers: 3
Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 2
Booksellers: 2
Butchers: 3
Chandlers: 3
Chicken Butchers: 3
Entrepreneurs: 1
Fine Clothiers: 3
Fishmongers: 4
Potion Sellers: 2
Resellers: 6
Spice Merchants: 2
Wine-sellers: 3
Wheelwright: 2
Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

Bakers: 7
Barbers: 7
Coachmen: 2
Cooks: 6
Doctors: 3
Gamekeepers: 2
Grooms: 1
Hairdressers: 5
Healers: 3
Housekeepers: 4
Housemaids: 8
House Stewards: 4
Inns: 1
Laundry maids: 2
Maidservants: 5
Nursery Maids: 2
Pastrycooks: 4
Restaurateur: 6
Tavern Keepers: 6

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 2
Bleachers: 1
Coal Heavers: 3
In-Town Couriers: 3
Long Haul Couriers: 3
Dockyard Workers: 3
Hay Merchants: 1
Leech Collectors: 4
Millers: 3
Miners: 3
Oilmen and Polishers: 2
Postmen: 3
Pure Finder: 2
Skinners: 4
Tosher: 2
Warehousemen: 5
Watercarriers: 3
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 4

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 1
Alchemist: 2
Clerk: 3
Dentists: 1
Educators: 3
Engineers: 2
Gardeners: 1
Mages: 1
Plumbers: 1
Pharmacist: 1
Scientists: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 1
Bankers: 2
Civil Clerks: 3
Civic Iudex: 1
Exorcist: 3
Fixers: 1
Kami Clerk: 3
Landlords: 2
Lawyers: 1
Legend Keepers: 2
Militia Officers: 16
Monks, Monastic: 4
Monks, Civic: 4
Historian, Oral: 3
Historian, Textual: 1
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 3
Priests: 6
Rangers: 2
Rat Catchers: 2
Scholars: 2
Spiritualist: 2
Storytellers: 6
Military Officers: 4

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 4
Comfort Services: 5
Enchanters: 1
Herbalists: 1
Jaminators: 5
Needleworkers: 5
Potters: 2
Preserve Makers: 4
Quilters: 2
Seamsters: 7
Spinners: 4
Tinker: 1
Weaver: 3

Artists

Actors: 1
Bards: 2
Dancers: 1
Engravers: 1
Glaziers: 1
Inlayers: 1
Musicians: 4
Playwrights: 1
Sculptors, Art: 1
Wood Carvers: 5
Writers: 4

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 5
Canners: 4
Cheesmakers: 4
Millers: 2
Picklers: 2
Smokers: 1
Stockmakers: 1
Tobacconists: 2
Tallowmakers: 3

932 of È-shêgê Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 90 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

È-shêgê Bî has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

History

The the a Arming cap of Chronomancy, an a Arming cap imbued with notable amounts of Chronomancy energies was created near È-shêgê Bî by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.