Êrotha-lêmo Bî

Êrotha-lêmo Bî (/ɘˈroθa/ /ˈlɘmo/ [careful] [potato]) is a subtropical Town located in the Rëthîvîcêli Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Êrotha-lêmo Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Êrotha-lêmo Bî was founded by Yāy Erméchī 'Bruna Fiona' Bërmér Ya̋mēór Gärm Shonhêpí, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Êrotha-lêmo Bî has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Êrotha-lêmo Bî receives an average of 206 cm/y (81 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Êrotha-lêmo Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 4278 m (14035 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Êrotha-lêmo Bî was founded durring the late 16th century in spring of the year 1483, by Yāy Erméchī 'Bruna Fiona' Bërmér Ya̋mēór Gärm Shonhêpí. The establishment of Êrotha-lêmo Bî 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.

Êrotha-lêmo Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Êrotha-lêmo 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.

Êrotha-lêmo Bî is buildings are speckled and packed arround restrictive paverstone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a town. The town sits comfortably behind a palisade wall complete with a timber gatehouse and battlments. Astonishigly, the timber-based walls are in pristine condishion, as if they had just been finished before you laied eyes upon them.

Right off the bat Êrotha-lêmo Bî hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. Precisely how it has gained its wealth is a mystery. Êrotha-lêmo 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

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

Êrotha-lêmo 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.

Êrotha-lêmo 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.

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

Êrotha-lêmo Bî possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

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

Êrotha-lêmo 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

Êrotha-lêmo Bî's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Êrotha-lêmo Bî the utterance of expletives is impossible within city limits. This has changed as the limits have changed, but has not kept up with slang, or swearing in foreign languages.

The Leshy, Fungus near Êrotha-lêmo Bî are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Êrotha-lêmo Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Illusion energies of tier 2 via throat chanting.

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.

Êrotha-lêmo Bî Census Data: Year 2000

372 of Êrotha-lêmo Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 85 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 64 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 52 work as Civil Servants
• 33 work in Cottage Industries
• 17 work as Artists
• 20 work in Produce Industries

787 of Êrotha-lêmo Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 61 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Êrotha-lêmo Bî is remarkably well-fortified for a site of its size and role. Tall, stout walls, strong points inside the community, concentric defenses, a strategic terrain location, or a large body of standing troops might be present. Some threat is thought to exist that makes maintaining this fortification worthwhile, though it may come at a dear cost to the locals. The community’s suzerain may be uncomfortable with these defenses, as they could just as easily be used to defy the ruler.

Êrotha-lêmo Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

The the a shortbow of Truename Magic, an a shortbow imbued with potent amounts of Truename Magic energies was created in Êrê-sîi Bî by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History