Fìkh Maktǐ Zě

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě (/ˈmaktɪ/ /zɛ/ [aesthetic] [city; metropolis]) is a subtropical Town located in Yǐwiciq Zone, Ěslorvogwin District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Fìkh Maktǐ Zě is derived from the Constructi language, as Fìkh Maktǐ Zě was founded by Skafida Gadsho, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě has a yearly average temperature of 32°C (89°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 37°C (98°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 28°C (82°F). Fìkh Maktǐ Zě 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 Maktǐ Zě covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 16878 m (12424 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě was founded durring the early 14th century in winter of the year 1319, by Skafida Gadsho. The establishment of Fìkh Maktǐ Zě was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Skafida Gadsho electing to pay people to resettle in Fìkh Maktǐ Zě.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fìkh Maktǐ Zě is no diffrent. The town'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.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě is is constructed arround a series of broad paverstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the town's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Fìkh Maktǐ Zě's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The town's top tier civilian 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 town.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in Fìkh Maktǐ Zě. 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.

Civic Infrastructure

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě 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.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě 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 Fìkh Maktǐ Zě. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Fìkh Maktǐ Zě's parks.

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

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

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě 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 Maktǐ Zě's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě 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 Fìkh Maktǐ Zě's natural decorations nor waterways.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě 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.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě 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.

Cultural Notes

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Fìkh Maktǐ Zě rain occurs in reverse with water pooling up from the earth then falling into the skies to from clouds, this unsettles every visitor that sees it.

The Trailgaunt near Fìkh Maktǐ Zě are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Invocation energies of tier 3 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.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě Census Data: Year 2000

408 of Fìkh Maktǐ Zě's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 91 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 65 work as Service Workers
• 41 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 59 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 20 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

862 of Fìkh Maktǐ Zě's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 66 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě produces something unique, a good or service that cannot be had anywhere else in the kingdom. This may be due to some unique resource found only there, or some carefully-guarded craft, or it may be a special service that can only be provided by the locals, who are somehow unique in their forms or abilities.

Fìkh Maktǐ Zě is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

The the a coin of Abjuration, an a coin imbued with notable amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Fìkh Maktǐ Zě by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History