Fìkh Běkă Conenre

Fìkh Běkă Conenre (/ˈbɛkə̝/ /coˈnenre/ [black] [brick]) is a subtropical Town located in Mahweme̜t Parish, Pinizeva District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Fìkh Běkă Conenre is derived from the Constructi language, as Fìkh Běkă Conenre was founded by Gaerthel Trgfèj, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Fìkh Běkă Conenre has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Fìkh Běkă Conenre receives an average of 121 cm/y (47 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Fìkh Běkă Conenre covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 5986 m (19639 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fìkh Běkă Conenre was founded durring the early 9th century, by Gaerthel Trgfèj. The establishment of Fìkh Běkă Conenre 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.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 9th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fìkh Běkă Conenre is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious paverstone streets which form a diamond shaped grid, where each diamond verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller diamond has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town posesses a mighty albit amaturly crafted stone wall. It was built using querried stone blocks and posesses all of the standard defencive features, including a few watch towers. While it would last against a siege, the wall's outdated and simplistic construction method percludes the possability of Fìkh Běkă Conenre weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses has suffered a visible ammount of structural damage, leaving them effectivly useless. One can't help but wonder why the has not yet effected repairs.

A look around Fìkh Běkă Conenre has something terribly wrong with it. It’s impossible to put one’s finger on, but something is horribly wrong. Maybe it’s the way fog blankets the ground, but only in the connors of places. Maybe it’s the vermin scuttling between shadows in the corner of your eyes. Perhaps it’s the overcast sky which seemed to creep out of nowhere, or the distant howling of wolves. Maybe it’s all of those things together, or perhaps it's the way these elements combine with the simple fact that it is abundantly clear Fìkh Běkă Conenre suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had. Everyone quietly goes about their daily business not looking anyone in the eye. Regardless, you do not feel it would be wise to remain in Fìkh Běkă Conenre long.

Civic Infrastructure

Fìkh Běkă Conenre has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fìkh Běkă Conenre.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre 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.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre 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.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre 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.

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

Fìkh Běkă Conenre 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 Town. Fìkh Běkă Conenre's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre 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

Fìkh Běkă Conenre's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre's town hall 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.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is long in Fìkh Běkă Conenre.

The Raven, Giant near Fìkh Běkă Conenre are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves bloodletting to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 via recitation of scripture.

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.

Fìkh Běkă Conenre Census Data: Year 2000

386 of Fìkh Běkă Conenre's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 86 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 58 work as Civil Servants
• 38 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 21 work in Produce Industries

791 of Fìkh Běkă Conenre's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 102 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Fìkh Běkă Conenre is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

The the a mandolin of Wild Magic, an a mandolin imbued with notable amounts of Wild Magic energies was created in Fìkh Ăqi Qurnoz by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History