Êava-cèlo Bî

Êava-cèlo Bî (/ɘˈava/ /ˈcèlo/ [national] [maid]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Ilzijijibejohi Dutchy, Yêgècêkêthê Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Êava-cèlo Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Êava-cèlo Bî was founded by Baradeth Gadsmê, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Êava-cèlo Bî has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Êava-cèlo Bî receives an average of 159 cm/y (62 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Êava-cèlo Bî covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 3922 m (12867 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Êava-cèlo Bî was founded durring the early 13th century in spring of the year 1241, by Baradeth Gadsmê. The establishment of Êava-cèlo Bî was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Baradeth Gadsmê electing to pay people to resettle in Êava-cèlo Bî.

Êava-cèlo Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Êava-cèlo Bî 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.

Êava-cèlo Bî is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of spacious 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 town 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 While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Êava-cèlo Bî weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The town's budget focused millitary grade defenses are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Êava-cèlo Bî is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Êava-cèlo 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.

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

Êava-cèlo 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.

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

Êava-cèlo Bî has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Êava-cèlo 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.

Cultural Notes

Êava-cèlo Bî's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its fluid and florid elaborate style, comprising ornate, asymmetric designs and pastel shades. It is often considered to be a playful, light style, which made exuberant use of curves and emphasized subtle asymmetry in the general shape of its structures. Walls, ceilings and moldings are decorated with numerous interlacing of curves and counter-curves based on the shapes of ‘C’ and ‘S’, along with shell forms and other naturalistic shapes.

In Êava-cèlo 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 Almiraj near Êava-cèlo Bî are known to be quite timid.

Êava-cèlo Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via proclamations.

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.

Êava-cèlo Bî Census Data: Year 2000

282 of Êava-cèlo Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 61 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 44 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 9 work as Skilled Laborers
• 45 work as Civil Servants
• 26 work in Cottage Industries
• 13 work as Artists
• 15 work in Produce Industries

698 of Êava-cèlo Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 19 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Êava-cèlo Bî’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Êava-cèlo Bî’s streets.

Êava-cèlo Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century an unusualy harsh winter spawned a deadly blizard to Êava-cèlo Bî. The ice, snow, and wind killed 106 people, 149 livestock, and destroyed 28. The event is remembered as Horror's Breath.

History