Large City: Êsê-jëzilê Ratê

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	Mèhcebî Zone
Region	Viw-zaqte Forest
Founded	1556
Community Leader	Lord Brilè
Area	175 km² (70 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	23°C (73°F)
Average Elevation	9002 m (-13415 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	229 cm/y (90 in/y)
Population	40969
Population Density	234 people per km² (585 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Charm
Naming
Native name	Êsê-jëzilê Ratê
Pronunciation	/ˈɘsɘ/ /ʤëˈzilɘ/
Direct Translation	[orange] [memory]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê (/ˈɘsɘ/ /ʤëˈzilɘ/ [orange] [memory]) is a temperate Large City located in the Mèhcebî Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Êsê-jëzilê Ratê is derived from the Goblin language, as Êsê-jëzilê Ratê was founded by Glêli, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 19°C (66°F). Êsê-jëzilê Ratê receives an average of 229 cm/y (90 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Êsê-jëzilê Ratê covers an area of nearly 175 km² (70 mi²), and an average elevation of 9002 m (-13415 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê was founded durring the late 16th century in fall of the year 1556, by Glêli. 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 Glêli.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Êsê-jëzilê Ratê is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê is buildings are arranged arround a network of restrictive baked earthen streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city has a defencive wall made from querried stone. The wall is equipped with a full set of battlments but the nature of its construction methodology leaves it somewhat vulnerable to siege equipment. That said, the city is well defended against anything short of an army. The city's cost-cutting-focused defences 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 Êsê-jëzilê Ratê. 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. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

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

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

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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.

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

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

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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.

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

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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 City. Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's grid is powered by hydrogalvanic generators.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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 Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê 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.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

The Jack-o'-Lantern near Êsê-jëzilê Ratê are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sex to channel Elven High Magic 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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 78
Farmers: 120
Farm Laborer: 227
Hunters: 136
Milk Maids: 105
Ranchers: 51
Ranch Hands: 112
Shepherds: 97

Farmland: 166743 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 10242
Poultry: 122907
Swine: 8193
Sheep: 409
Goats: 81
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 4096

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 85
Blacksmiths: 91
Bookbinders: 49
Buckle-makers: 54
Cabinetmakers: 102
Candlemakers: 128
Carpenters: 138
Clothmakers: 110
Coach and Harness Makers: 44
Coopers: 102
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 55
Copyists: 40
Cutlers: 34
Fabricworkers: 97
Farrier: 356
Furriers: 26
Glassworkers: 120
Gunsmiths: 88
Harness-Makers: 41
Hatters: 86
Hosiery Workers: 28
Jewelers: 44
Leatherwrights: 97
Locksmiths: 41
Matchstick makers: 63
Musical Instrument Makers: 56
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 53
Paper Workers: 60
Plasterers: 53
Pursemakers: 73
Roofers: 41
Ropemakers: 41
Rugmakers: 39
Saddlers: 74
Scabbardmakers: 88
Scalemakers: 44
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 26
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 40
Shoemakers: 37
Soap and Tallow Workers: 154
Tailors: 264
Tanners: 51
Upholsterers: 58
Watchmakers: 58
Weavers: 120
Whitesmiths: 33

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 29
Arcana Sellers: 28
Beer-Sellers: 53
Booksellers: 67
Butchers: 102
Chandlers: 107
Chicken Butchers: 112
Entrepreneurs: 41
Fine Clothiers: 107
Fishmongers: 105
Florists: 24
Potion Sellers: 65
Resellers: 178
Spice Merchants: 56
Wine-sellers: 78
Wheelwright: 63
Woodsellers: 40

Service workers

Bakers: 204
Barbers: 210
Coachmen: 60
Cooks: 170
Doctors: 88
Gamekeepers: 62
Grooms: 36
Hairdressers: 136
Healers: 109
Housekeepers: 107
Housemaids: 240
House Stewards: 110
Inns: 39
Laundry maids: 80
Maidservants: 132
Nursery Maids: 75
Pastrycooks: 136
Restaurateur: 170
Tavern Keepers: 170

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 58
Bleachers: 37
Chemical Workers: 22
Coal Heavers: 81
In-Town Couriers: 95
Long Haul Couriers: 97
Dockyard Workers: 85
Gas Workers: 20
Hay Merchants: 34
Leech Collectors: 115
Millers: 93
Miners: 105
Oilmen and Polishers: 62
Postmen: 97
Pure Finder: 53
Skinners: 124
Sugar Refiners: 23
Tosher: 61
Warehousemen: 141
Watercarriers: 90
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 102

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 52
Alchemist: 58
Clerk: 81
Dentists: 40
Educators: 118
Engineers: 60
Gardeners: 42
Mages: 30
Plumbers: 43
Pharmacist: 47
Professors: 17
Scientists: 29
Wizards: 18

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 39
Bankers: 58
Civil Clerks: 89
Civic Iudex: 46
Consultants: 27
Exorcist: 99
Fixers: 50
Kami Clerk: 82
Landlords: 82
Lawyers: 50
Legend Keepers: 68
Militia Officers: 292
Monks, Monastic: 124
Monks, Civic: 136
Historian, Oral: 95
Historian, Textual: 50
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 95
Priests: 170
Rangers: 55
Rat Catchers: 62
Scholars: 64
Spiritualist: 77
Slayers: 22
Storytellers: 182
Military Officers: 132

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 113
Comfort Services: 157
Enchanters: 46
Herbalists: 45
Jaminators: 146
Needleworkers: 124
Potters: 71
Preserve Makers: 110
Quilters: 61
Seamsters: 204
Spinners: 128
Tinker: 46
Weaver: 113

Artists

Actors: 43
Architects: 16
Bards: 67
Costumers: 24
Dancers: 46
Drafters: 26
Engravers: 32
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 19
Glaziers: 45
Inlayers: 38
Musicians: 113
Painters, Art: 21
Playwrights: 42
Sculptors, Art: 35
Wood Carvers: 136
Writers: 157

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 141
Canners: 117
Cheesmakers: 128
Ice Merchants: 18
Millers: 81
Picklers: 71
Smokers: 51
Stockmakers: 45
Tobacconists: 64
Tallowmakers: 99

15534 of Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

24616 of Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 819 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

History

Almost every community has some problem with bandits and highwaymen, but Êsê-jëzilê Ratê is seriously plagued with raiders. One or more groups of persistent plunderers are hitting the community repeatedly, and they lack the necessary resources to fend them off or protect all their holdings.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Êsê-jëzilê Ratê was attacked by savage ettins living nearby. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Êsê-jëzilê Ratê lost 112 people, 168 livestock, and 23 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 92, when members of Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's militia enacted an operation to destroy or capture a specific enemy mage. The operation was complicated by the enemy forces had far more numbers than estimated. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in victory for Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Êsê-jëzilê Ratê's bards, historians, and legend keepers.