Small City: Êkèkê Êri-cogî

Êkèkê Êri-cogî
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Alveria
Provence	Haduumukha District
Sub Provence	Koyiyoto Zone
Region	Kuz Miygu Basin
Founded	1377
Community Leader	Lord Kthêb
Area	11 km² (4 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	25°C (77°F)
Average Elevation	6172 m (20249 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	69 cm/y (27 in/y)
Population	2836
Population Density	257 people per km² (709 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Conjuration
Naming
Native name	Êkèkê Êri-cogî
Pronunciation	/ˈɘri/ /ˈcogɪ/
Direct Translation	[regular] [jelly; jam]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Êkèkê Êri-cogî (/ˈɘri/ /ˈcogɪ/ [regular] [jelly; jam]) is a subtropical Small City located in Koyiyoto Zone, Haduumukha District, within the Alveria.

The name Êkèkê Êri-cogî is derived from the Sylvin language, as Êkèkê Êri-cogî was founded by Glil, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Êkèkê Êri-cogî has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Êkèkê Êri-cogî receives an average of 69 cm/y (27 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Êkèkê Êri-cogî covers an area of nearly 11 km² (4 mi²), and an average elevation of 6172 m (20249 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Êkèkê Êri-cogî was founded durring the late 15th century in spring of the year 1377, by Glil. The establishment of Êkèkê Êri-cogî was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Êkèkê Êri-cogî's construction back out of the project. Glil pushed on reguardles, and Êkèkê Êri-cogî was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of restrictive baked earthen 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 city is protected by a humble stone fence which is tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. The city's peasent-grade have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Êkèkê Êri-cogî. The town seems like it’s not showing you the side of itself it would show to others. People mostly ignore your questions. Many folks ask you to leave their establishments, even before you’ve walked inside them.

Civic Infrastructure

Êkèkê Êri-cogî has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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 Êkèkê Êri-cogî. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Êkèkê Êri-cogî's parks.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Êkèkê Êri-cogî.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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.

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

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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.

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

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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 Small City. Êkèkê Êri-cogî's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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 Êkèkê Êri-cogî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî 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

Êkèkê Êri-cogî's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

Êkèkê Êri-cogî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Mysticism energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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: 5
Farmers: 8
Farm Laborer: 13
Hunters: 9
Milk Maids: 6
Ranchers: 3
Ranch Hands: 7
Shepherds: 7

Farmland: 11570 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 709
Poultry: 8508
Swine: 567
Sheep: 28
Goats: 5
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 283

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 5
Blacksmiths: 6
Bookbinders: 3
Buckle-makers: 3
Cabinetmakers: 6
Candlemakers: 10
Carpenters: 7
Clothmakers: 7
Coach and Harness Makers: 3
Coopers: 7
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 3
Copyists: 2
Cutlers: 2
Fabricworkers: 6
Farrier: 27
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 9
Gunsmiths: 6
Harness-Makers: 2
Hatters: 5
Hosiery Workers: 2
Jewelers: 3
Leatherwrights: 7
Locksmiths: 2
Matchstick makers: 4
Musical Instrument Makers: 4
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 3
Paper Workers: 3
Plasterers: 3
Pursemakers: 4
Roofers: 2
Ropemakers: 2
Rugmakers: 2
Saddlers: 5
Scabbardmakers: 6
Scalemakers: 3
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Shoemakers: 2
Soap and Tallow Workers: 9
Tailors: 16
Tanners: 3
Upholsterers: 4
Watchmakers: 3
Weavers: 8
Whitesmiths: 2

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 2
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 3
Booksellers: 4
Butchers: 7
Chandlers: 7
Chicken Butchers: 8
Entrepreneurs: 2
Fine Clothiers: 7
Fishmongers: 7
Florists: 1
Potion Sellers: 4
Resellers: 10
Spice Merchants: 3
Wine-sellers: 6
Wheelwright: 4
Woodsellers: 2

Service workers

Bakers: 14
Barbers: 13
Coachmen: 4
Cooks: 12
Doctors: 6
Gamekeepers: 4
Grooms: 2
Hairdressers: 8
Healers: 7
Housekeepers: 8
Housemaids: 13
House Stewards: 8
Inns: 2
Laundry maids: 4
Maidservants: 9
Nursery Maids: 5
Pastrycooks: 9
Restaurateur: 13
Tavern Keepers: 12

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 4
Bleachers: 2
Chemical Workers: 1
Coal Heavers: 6
In-Town Couriers: 6
Long Haul Couriers: 6
Dockyard Workers: 5
Gas Workers: 1
Hay Merchants: 2
Leech Collectors: 8
Millers: 6
Miners: 5
Oilmen and Polishers: 4
Postmen: 6
Pure Finder: 3
Skinners: 8
Sugar Refiners: 1
Tosher: 4
Warehousemen: 8
Watercarriers: 5
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 8

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 3
Alchemist: 4
Clerk: 5
Dentists: 2
Educators: 7
Engineers: 3
Gardeners: 2
Mages: 2
Plumbers: 3
Pharmacist: 3
Professors: 1
Scientists: 2
Wizards: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 2
Bankers: 3
Civil Clerks: 6
Civic Iudex: 3
Consultants: 1
Exorcist: 5
Fixers: 3
Kami Clerk: 5
Landlords: 5
Lawyers: 3
Legend Keepers: 4
Militia Officers: 28
Monks, Monastic: 8
Monks, Civic: 9
Historian, Oral: 6
Historian, Textual: 3
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 6
Priests: 11
Rangers: 3
Rat Catchers: 4
Scholars: 4
Spiritualist: 5
Slayers: 1
Storytellers: 11
Military Officers: 10

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 8
Comfort Services: 11
Enchanters: 3
Herbalists: 3
Jaminators: 8
Needleworkers: 9
Potters: 4
Preserve Makers: 9
Quilters: 4
Seamsters: 12
Spinners: 7
Tinker: 3
Weaver: 7

Artists

Actors: 3
Architects: 1
Bards: 4
Costumers: 1
Dancers: 3
Drafters: 1
Engravers: 2
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 1
Glaziers: 3
Inlayers: 2
Musicians: 7
Painters, Art: 1
Playwrights: 3
Sculptors, Art: 2
Wood Carvers: 10
Writers: 10

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 11
Canners: 9
Cheesmakers: 8
Ice Merchants: 1
Millers: 6
Picklers: 4
Smokers: 3
Stockmakers: 3
Tobacconists: 4
Tallowmakers: 6

992 of Êkèkê Êri-cogî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1646 of Êkèkê Êri-cogî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 198 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Êkèkê Êri-cogî's roads were poorly made when first laid. Rather than repairing them correctly, a series of new roads was laid atop the old, leading to the streets of modern Êkèkê Êri-cogî suffering from potholes, cracking, and even sinkholes. The locals often repair the road by putting down wooden decking.

History

Êkèkê Êri-cogî used to be much richer, but something happened in the last 5 years to crush its source of prosperity. Different factions of the community might be trying to grasp at the remaining dregs of wealth, others might try to restart the failed industry, and some might look for a new livelihood. Any group or entity thought responsible for the collapse is likely to be treated very harshly, and some locals might find profit in shifting the blame to their enemies.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of secured a clean water supply for . The recitation of the hero's story remains a popular tavern and fair tale.