City: Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	Mèhcebî Zone
Region	Readwich Brushlands
Founded	1343
Community Leader	Lord Zlkarí
Area	30 km² (12 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	22°C (71°F)
Average Elevation	7124 m (-19576 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	230 cm/y (90 in/y)
Population	7183
Population Density	239 people per km² (598 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Conjuration
Naming
Native name	Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê
Pronunciation	/ˈratɘ/ /ˈqëtɘ/
Direct Translation	[citadel] [winter]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê (/ˈratɘ/ /ˈqëtɘ/ [citadel] [winter]) is a subtropical City located in the Mèhcebî Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

Climate

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê receives an average of 230 cm/y (90 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê covers an area of nearly 30 km² (12 mi²), and an average elevation of 7124 m (-19576 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1343, by Coīńchī Bé̄nḱ 'Valentina Teen' Sērmpf̄y Sé̄nḱ Mërm. The establishment of Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê is no diffrent. The city'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.

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of narrow 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 sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. The city's timber-based walls 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 Ratê-qëtê. 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 Ratê-qëtê has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

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

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê 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 Ratê-qëtê 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.

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

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê 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 Ratê-qëtê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê 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 Ratê-qëtê 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 Ratê-qëtê 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 Ratê-qëtê's town hall 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..

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves embarking on a group pilgrimage to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via oath swearing.

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: 13
Farmers: 19
Farm Laborer: 39
Hunters: 24
Milk Maids: 17
Ranchers: 9
Ranch Hands: 19
Shepherds: 16

Farmland: 29019 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 1795
Poultry: 21549
Swine: 1436
Sheep: 71
Goats: 14
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 718

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 14
Blacksmiths: 17
Bookbinders: 9
Buckle-makers: 9
Cabinetmakers: 17
Candlemakers: 24
Carpenters: 21
Clothmakers: 19
Coach and Harness Makers: 7
Coopers: 19
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 9
Copyists: 6
Cutlers: 5
Fabricworkers: 15
Farrier: 43
Furriers: 4
Glassworkers: 26
Gunsmiths: 15
Harness-Makers: 7
Hatters: 13
Hosiery Workers: 5
Jewelers: 8
Leatherwrights: 18
Locksmiths: 7
Matchstick makers: 11
Musical Instrument Makers: 10
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 8
Paper Workers: 9
Plasterers: 9
Pursemakers: 11
Roofers: 7
Ropemakers: 7
Rugmakers: 6
Saddlers: 13
Scabbardmakers: 15
Scalemakers: 7
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 4
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 7
Shoemakers: 6
Soap and Tallow Workers: 25
Tailors: 43
Tanners: 9
Upholsterers: 10
Watchmakers: 9
Weavers: 22
Whitesmiths: 5

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 4
Arcana Sellers: 4
Beer-Sellers: 10
Booksellers: 11
Butchers: 18
Chandlers: 18
Chicken Butchers: 22
Entrepreneurs: 7
Fine Clothiers: 17
Fishmongers: 17
Florists: 4
Potion Sellers: 12
Resellers: 34
Spice Merchants: 9
Wine-sellers: 14
Wheelwright: 11
Woodsellers: 7

Service workers

Bakers: 44
Barbers: 33
Coachmen: 10
Cooks: 31
Doctors: 14
Gamekeepers: 10
Grooms: 6
Hairdressers: 24
Healers: 20
Housekeepers: 20
Housemaids: 39
House Stewards: 21
Inns: 6
Laundry maids: 13
Maidservants: 26
Nursery Maids: 13
Pastrycooks: 23
Restaurateur: 32
Tavern Keepers: 32

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 9
Bleachers: 6
Chemical Workers: 4
Coal Heavers: 13
In-Town Couriers: 17
Long Haul Couriers: 17
Dockyard Workers: 14
Gas Workers: 3
Hay Merchants: 5
Leech Collectors: 17
Millers: 15
Miners: 17
Oilmen and Polishers: 11
Postmen: 16
Pure Finder: 9
Skinners: 21
Sugar Refiners: 4
Tosher: 11
Warehousemen: 24
Watercarriers: 15
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 21

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 9
Alchemist: 10
Clerk: 14
Dentists: 7
Educators: 18
Engineers: 10
Gardeners: 7
Mages: 5
Plumbers: 7
Pharmacist: 8
Professors: 3
Scientists: 5
Wizards: 3

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 6
Bankers: 9
Civil Clerks: 16
Civic Iudex: 8
Consultants: 4
Exorcist: 16
Fixers: 8
Kami Clerk: 13
Landlords: 13
Lawyers: 8
Legend Keepers: 11
Militia Officers: 71
Monks, Monastic: 22
Monks, Civic: 21
Historian, Oral: 17
Historian, Textual: 8
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 15
Priests: 27
Rangers: 10
Rat Catchers: 10
Scholars: 11
Spiritualist: 13
Slayers: 4
Storytellers: 25
Military Officers: 25

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 21
Comfort Services: 25
Enchanters: 7
Herbalists: 7
Jaminators: 21
Needleworkers: 23
Potters: 11
Preserve Makers: 21
Quilters: 10
Seamsters: 39
Spinners: 21
Tinker: 8
Weaver: 16

Artists

Actors: 7
Architects: 2
Bards: 11
Costumers: 4
Dancers: 8
Drafters: 4
Engravers: 5
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 3
Glaziers: 7
Inlayers: 7
Musicians: 20
Painters, Art: 3
Playwrights: 7
Sculptors, Art: 6
Wood Carvers: 23
Writers: 26

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 22
Canners: 21
Cheesmakers: 25
Ice Merchants: 3
Millers: 14
Picklers: 11
Smokers: 8
Stockmakers: 7
Tobacconists: 11
Tallowmakers: 15

2645 of Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

4251 of Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 287 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a most peculiar disaster struck Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê, causing great chunks of ice to fall from the sky. Êkèkê Ratê-qëtê lost 104 people, 300 livestock, and 32 buildings in the disaster.. The ice rain is generally remembered as the Damnation Rain.