Fënê-kesoke Ye

Fënê-kesoke Ye (/ˈfënɘ/ /keˈsoke/ [tight; tense; firm; narrow] [fruit; seed]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Thel-Did County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Fënê-kesoke Ye is derived from the Dwarven language, as Fënê-kesoke Ye was founded by Èdsh, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Fënê-kesoke Ye has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°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 15°C (59°F). Fënê-kesoke Ye receives an average of 219 cm/y (86 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Fënê-kesoke Ye covers an area of nearly 268 km² (107 mi²), and an average elevation of 1294 m (4245 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fënê-kesoke Ye was founded durring the late 13th century in spring of the year 1186, by Èdsh. The establishment of Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of narrow gravel 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 rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The city's millitarily questionable fortifications 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.

A look around Fënê-kesoke Ye gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable. Beneath this surface, the people of Fënê-kesoke Ye can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Fënê-kesoke Ye places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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 Fënê-kesoke Ye. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Fënê-kesoke Ye's parks.

Fënê-kesoke Ye has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fënê-kesoke Ye.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

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

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

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

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

Fënê-kesoke Ye has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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. Fënê-kesoke Ye's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Fënê-kesoke Ye has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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 Fënê-kesoke Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye 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

Religious leaders are influential in almost any community, but in Fënê-kesoke Ye they make up the final authorities. It may be an explicit theocracy, with rule by the clerics of a particular faith, or a temple might be so important and powerful that the official leaders are helpless to resist its will. The locals can be expected to be loyal adherents to the faith, or else the less pious majority is deeply intimidated by the religion’s believers.

Fënê-kesoke Ye's chapel was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Fënê-kesoke Ye tiny harmless tornadoes plague the town.

The Slithering Pit near Fënê-kesoke Ye are known to be quite timid.

Fënê-kesoke Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Wild Magic energies of tier 2 via oratory performances.

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.

Fënê-kesoke Ye Census Data: Year 2000

23918 of Fënê-kesoke Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1335 work in Agriculture
• 5230 work as Craftsmen
• 2004 work as Merchants
• 3609 work as Service Workers
• 2434 work as General Laborers
• 989 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3459 work as Civil Servants
• 2214 work in Cottage Industries
• 1357 work as Artists
• 1287 work in Produce Industries

38626 of Fënê-kesoke Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1276 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fënê-kesoke Ye has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

The the a leather gambeson of Illusion, an a leather gambeson imbued with potent amounts of Illusion energies was created in Fënê-kesoke Ye by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History