Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær (/ˈcofə̝g/ /ˈrɪbmær/ [natural] [prairie]) is a subtropical Small Town located in Triqtkrukrakamaji Parish, Berěbudbǐb District, within the Federation of Alveria.

The name Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær is derived from the Constructi language, as Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær was founded by Ýi̊tsa Shegfê, who was culturaly Constructi.

Climate

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 13°C (55°F). Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær receives an average of 131 cm/y (51 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 8608 m (-14708 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær was founded durring the early 14th century in winter of the year 1330, by Ýi̊tsa Shegfê. The establishment of Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ýi̊tsa Shegfê struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær as a prison colony.

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær was built using the conventions of Constructi durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær 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 Zn-0d Rǐbmær is is constructed arround a series of crampt baked earthen mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The town's would-be-castle fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Right off the bat Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Somehow this town has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. It’s easy to see where their wealth comes from the more you look arround. Every aspect of the town has been developed with care and great thought. The people themselves act deliberately and with care in even the simplest of daily actions.

Civic Infrastructure

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær.

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær 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 Zn-0d Rǐbmær 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 Zn-0d Rǐbmær has a monistary of an order of Civil Monks, who provide divine-related services to the general public and maintain Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær's public wards, blessings, and other arcane systems.

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær 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 Zn-0d Rǐbmær's locals are divided into several castes. They may be organized by social role, by imputed nobility of birth, by ethnic origins, or any other dividing principle, but they cannot imagine any other way of organizing themselves. A hierarchy of castes is not inevitable, but there will be social and legal limits applied to ensure that each caste remains fixed in its function. The outside world may or may not respect these distinctions when dealing with the locals.

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used makes use of a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse and symmetrical central-plan, resulting in buildings with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. Decorative features included domed rooves, arches, soaring spaces, and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings.

In Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær hail is always enormous, yet harmlessly plinks off people, creatures, and structures.

The Flea, Mammoth near Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves gestures to channel Summoning energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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 Zn-0d Rǐbmær Census Data: Year 2000

279 of Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 60 work as Craftsmen
• 21 work as Merchants
• 45 work as Service Workers
• 27 work as General Laborers
• 9 work as Skilled Laborers
• 42 work as Civil Servants
• 27 work in Cottage Industries
• 12 work as Artists
• 16 work in Produce Industries

645 of Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 38 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami spared the town from an attack. One of Fìkh Zn-0d Rǐbmær's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History