Fev-thapíe Sêdè

Fev-thapíe Sêdè (/ˈedɘ/ /ˈʃap˔e/ [distinct; apparent] [assassin]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Ko-13nhun Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Fev-thapíe Sêdè is derived from the Goblin language, as Fev-thapíe Sêdè was founded by Tshèb, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Fev-thapíe Sêdè has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Fev-thapíe Sêdè receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Fev-thapíe Sêdè covers an area of nearly 95 km² (38 mi²), and an average elevation of 1182 m (3877 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fev-thapíe Sêdè was founded durring the late 13th century in fall of the year 1163, by Tshèb. 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 Tshèb.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of premissive baked earthen streets which form hexical 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 the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The city's exceptionaly well made fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Before you’ve even set foot into the heart of Fev-thapíe Sêdè, you can smell it. The incense. It hangs about the town like a cloud. Monks, priests, and clerics are everywhere, all dedicated to the same divine, all performing the same rituals to bless and anoint buildings, streets, people, animals, you name it they are or have blessed it. The same holy symbol is everywhere too. Its on buildings, on people, and even branded into livestock. This certainly loves its divine. Asside form the revrent worship, you can see the citizens are preparing for something, and that something isn’t good. Weapons are worn openly. Defensive structures have been recently constructed to guard less used areas of the city. Merchants seem very eager to sell their wares at discount prices. Something is coming.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Fev-thapíe Sêdè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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 Fev-thapíe Sêdè. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Fev-thapíe Sêdè's parks.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fev-thapíe Sêdè.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

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

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

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

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

Fev-thapíe Sêdè has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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. Fev-thapíe Sêdè's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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 Fev-thapíe Sêdè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

In Fev-thapíe Sêdè sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Dog, Goblin near Fev-thapíe Sêdè are known to be quite timid.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Illusion energies of tier 1 via divine sermons.

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.

Fev-thapíe Sêdè Census Data: Year 2000

8570 of Fev-thapíe Sêdè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 487 work in Agriculture
• 1930 work as Craftsmen
• 665 work as Merchants
• 1291 work as Service Workers
• 883 work as General Laborers
• 353 work as Skilled Laborers
• 1287 work as Civil Servants
• 786 work in Cottage Industries
• 444 work as Artists
• 444 work in Produce Industries

12599 of Fev-thapíe Sêdè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1351 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The roads leading into Fev-thapíe Sêdè possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of killed a tyrannical who had controlled Fev-thapíe Sêdè for years. Fev-thapíe Sêdè created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History