Metropolis: Ēji Sáidi-mawtä

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä
Example Gnollish architecture.
Stateholt
ProvenceNëk-vluz Holt
Regionwooded
Founded1607
Community LeaderLord Courtney vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Rolɑrtɑeplə˞rd vyim Yuvnotræ̝rg vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Glə˞ʤine vyim Rovuldyutsɪxt vyim Fɪgsegraɑgki vyim Roxlendyutsɪxt vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Fɪgseʤine vyim Glə˞tunk vyim Mɑnkʤine vyim Rolɑrtɑirdirn vyim Yuvnorusg vyim Rovuldrusg vyim Fɪgseʤine
Area628 km2 (251 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp-5°C (23°F)
Average Elevation1618 m (5308 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation274 cm/y (107 in/y)
Population3179527
Population Density5062 people per km2 (12667 people per mi2)
Town AuraChronomancy
Naming
Native nameĒji Sáidi-mawtä
Pronunciation[root words not on file]
Direct Translation[Translation Unavailable]
Translation[Not Yet Translated]

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä ([root words not on file] [Translation Unavailable]) is a temperate Metropolis located in the Nëk-vluz Holt of the holt.

The name Ēji Sáidi-mawtä is derived from the Gnollish language, as Ēji Sáidi-mawtä was founded by Courtney vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Rolɑrtɑeplə˞rd vyim Yuvnotræ̝rg vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Glə˞ʤine vyim Rovuldyutsɪxt vyim Fɪgsegraɑgki vyim Roxlendyutsɪxt vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Fɪgseʤine vyim Glə˞tunk vyim Mɑnkʤine vyim Rolɑrtɑirdirn vyim Yuvnorusg vyim Rovuldrusg, who was culturaly Gnollish.

Climate

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä has a yearly average temperature of -5°C (23°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 22°C (71°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -32°C (-25°F). Ēji Sáidi-mawtä receives an average of 274 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. Ēji Sáidi-mawtä covers an area of nearly 628 km2 (251 mi2), and an average elevation of 1618 m (5308 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä was founded durring the early 17th century in early winter of the year 1607, by Courtney vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Rolɑrtɑeplə˞rd vyim Yuvnotræ̝rg vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Glə˞ʤine vyim Rovuldyutsɪxt vyim Fɪgsegraɑgki vyim Roxlendyutsɪxt vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Fɪgseʤine vyim Glə˞tunk vyim Mɑnkʤine vyim Rolɑrtɑirdirn vyim Yuvnorusg vyim Rovuldrusg. The establishment of Ēji Sáidi-mawtä was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Courtney vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Rolɑrtɑeplə˞rd vyim Yuvnotræ̝rg vyim Yuvnoyutsɪxt vyim Glə˞ʤine vyim Rovuldyutsɪxt vyim Fɪgsegraɑgki vyim Roxlendyutsɪxt vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Yuvnonreys vyim Fɪgseʤine vyim Glə˞tunk vyim Mɑnkʤine vyim Rolɑrtɑirdirn vyim Yuvnorusg vyim Rovuldrusg struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Ēji Sáidi-mawtä as a prison colony.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä was built using the conventions of Gnollish durring the early 17th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Ēji Sáidi-mawtä is no diffrent. The metropolis's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä is is constructed arround a series of crampt flagstone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The valley metropolis is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Ēji Sáidi-mawtä, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's Relic of the World That Was are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Ēji Sáidi-mawtä gives the unmistakable impression the town is one of the strictest places imaginable. Everyone’s actions are clearly directed by laws they keep in heart and mind at all times. Orderly byond order is a phrase which Ēji Sáidi-mawtä brings to mind.

Civic Infrastructure

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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 Ēji Sáidi-mawtä. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's parks.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Ēji Sáidi-mawtä.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

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

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

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

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

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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 Metropolis. Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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 Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's natural decorations nor waterways.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä 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

A substantial minority of the locals are descended from foreigners alien to their local neighbors. They may have been religious exiles, economic migrants, indigenous locals surrounded by the existing polity, or a foreign settlement conquered within the relatively recent past. The locals may not be enthusiastic about being ruled by others not of their kind, and their neighbors may look askance at the way foreign customs or even laws may be maintained.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's garrison 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..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is recurring in Ēji Sáidi-mawtä.

The 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. near Ēji Sáidi-mawtä are known to be quite timid.

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves creating small tokens to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via throat singing.

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 Eyom'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: 6056
  • Farmers: 9351
  • Farm Laborer: 17664
  • Hunters: 9936
  • Milk Maids: 8367
  • Ranchers: 4211
  • Ranch Hands: 8711
  • Shepherds: 7226
    • Farmland: -39612 m2
    • Cattle and Similar Creatures: 794881
    • Poultry: 9538581
    • Swine: 635905
    • Sheep: 31795
    • Goats: 6359
    • Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 317952

Craftsmen

  • Arms and Toolmakers: 6624
  • Blacksmiths: 7570
  • Bookbinders: 3974
  • Buckle-makers: 4183
  • Cabinetmakers: 7948
  • Candlemakers: 11776
  • Carpenters: 10424
  • Clothmakers: 8832
  • Coach and Harness Makers: 3418
  • Coopers: 7754
  • Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 4325
  • Copyists: 3028
  • Cutlers: 2694
  • Fabricworkers: 7570
  • Farrier: 21927
  • Furriers: 2064
  • Glassworkers: 10598
  • Gunsmiths: 6837
  • Harness-Makers: 2971
  • Hatters: 6296
  • Hosiery Workers: 2271
  • Jewelers: 3572
  • Leatherwrights: 7754
  • Locksmiths: 3117
  • Matchstick makers: 4968
  • Musical Instrument Makers: 4608
  • Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 3740
  • Paper Workers: 4416
  • Plasterers: 4416
  • Pursemakers: 5481
  • Roofers: 3277
  • Ropemakers: 3211
  • Rugmakers: 3086
  • Saddlers: 6114
  • Scabbardmakers: 7145
  • Scalemakers: 3346
  • Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 2091
  • Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 3086
  • Shoemakers: 3057
  • Soap and Tallow Workers: 12468
  • Tailors: 19269
  • Tanners: 3974
  • Upholsterers: 4478
  • Watchmakers: 4129
  • Weavers: 8152
  • Whitesmiths: 2503

Merchants

  • Adventuring Goods Retellers: 2162
  • Arcana Sellers: 2223
  • Beer-Sellers: 4478
  • Booksellers: 4891
  • Butchers: 8152
  • Chandlers: 9351
  • Chicken Butchers: 8956
  • Entrepreneurs: 3294
  • Fine Clothiers: 8593
  • Fishmongers: 8832
  • Florists: 1915
  • Potion Sellers: 5389
  • Resellers: 14452
  • Spice Merchants: 4183
  • Wine-sellers: 6764
  • Wheelwright: 4608
  • Woodsellers: 3117

Service workers

  • Bakers: 15140
  • Barbers: 14131
  • Coachmen: 4478
  • Cooks: 11776
  • Doctors: 6837
  • Gamekeepers: 4891
  • Grooms: 2789
  • Hairdressers: 10256
  • Healers: 8711
  • Housekeepers: 9634
  • Housemaids: 14452
  • House Stewards: 9084
  • Inns: 3057
  • Laundry maids: 5578
  • Maidservants: 11776
  • Nursery Maids: 5999
  • Pastrycooks: 11776
  • Restaurateur: 12718
  • Tavern Keepers: 13824

Specialized Laborer

  • Ashworkers: 4574
  • Bleachers: 2944
  • Chemical Workers: 1837
  • Coal Heavers: 6764
  • In-Town Couriers: 7065
  • Long Haul Couriers: 7570
  • Dockyard Workers: 6488
  • Gas Workers: 1581
  • Hay Merchants: 2694
  • Leech Collectors: 8258
  • Millers: 7394
  • Miners: 7394
  • Oilmen and Polishers: 5212
  • Postmen: 6912
  • Pure Finder: 3999
  • Skinners: 8832
  • Sugar Refiners: 1848
  • Tosher: 5128
  • Warehousemen: 12228
  • Watercarriers: 7145
  • Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 9351

Skilled Laborers

  • Accountants: 4050
  • Alchemist: 4509
  • Clerk: 6764
  • Dentists: 3244
  • Educators: 9216
  • Engineers: 4817
  • Gardeners: 3148
  • Mages: 2304
  • Plumbers: 3493
  • Pharmacist: 3613
  • Professors: 1388
  • Scientists: 2427
  • Wizards: 1406

Civil Servants

  • Adventurers: 3086
  • Bankers: 4267
  • Civil Clerks: 7226
  • Civic Iudex: 3532
  • Consultants: 2078
  • Exorcist: 6912
  • Fixers: 3613
  • Kami Clerk: 6555
  • Landlords: 6423
  • Lawyers: 3949
  • Legend Keepers: 5481
  • Militia Officers: 26496
  • Monks, Monastic: 10256
  • Monks, Civic: 10963
  • Historian, Oral: 7570
  • Historian, Textual: 3925
  • Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 7394
  • Priests: 12228
  • Rangers: 4478
  • Rat Catchers: 4781
  • Scholars: 4968
  • Spiritualist: 5780
  • Slayers: 1843
  • Storytellers: 11998
  • Military Officers: 9936

Cottage Industries

  • Brewers: 9634
  • Comfort Services: 13824
  • Enchanters: 3532
  • Herbalists: 3613
  • Jaminators: 10963
  • Needleworkers: 10963
  • Potters: 5299
  • Preserve Makers: 9084
  • Quilters: 4675
  • Seamsters: 15897
  • Spinners: 9351
  • Tinker: 3493
  • Weaver: 7570

Artists

  • Actors: 3346
  • Architects: 1246
  • Bards: 5128
  • Costumers: 1938
  • Dancers: 3877
  • Drafters: 2119
  • Engravers: 2627
  • Fine Furniture Carpenters: 1550
  • Glaziers: 3277
  • Inlayers: 3086
  • Musicians: 9634
  • Painters, Art: 1664
  • Playwrights: 3312
  • Sculptors, Art: 2740
  • Wood Carvers: 10598
  • Writers: 10963

Produce Industries

  • Butter Churners: 9936
  • Canners: 9084
  • Cheesmakers: 11355
  • Ice Merchants: 1425
  • Millers: 6234
  • Picklers: 5128
  • Smokers: 3925
  • Stockmakers: 3697
  • Tobacconists: 4891
  • Tallowmakers: 7065

1207353 of Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

2147308 of Ēji Sáidi-mawtä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. -175134 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Ēji Sáidi-mawtä has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century was ravaged by a deadly sickness. was the epicenter of the disaster, but Ēji Sáidi-mawtä suffered the most. Ēji Sáidi-mawtä lost 291 people, 376 livestock, and 46 buildings in the disaster.. The disaster is spoken of in hushed whispers as the Wrath of Heartbreak.

History