Large City: G̈mthêl-ësa Ye

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye
Example Iron Elvish architecture.

State	Union of Engineers
Provence	Onaselian County
Region	Vyiqtskdotakha Moorland
Founded	1369
Community Leader	City Manager Brîm
Area	267 km² (106 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	28°C (82°F)
Average Elevation	2036 m (6679 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	240 cm/y (94 in/y)
Population	63169
Population Density	236 people per km² (595 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Summoning
Naming
Native name	G̈mthêl-ësa Ye
Pronunciation	/ˈfèzɪ/ /ˈësa/
Direct Translation	[stupid; dumb; silly] [niche]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye (/ˈfèzɪ/ /ˈësa/ [stupid; dumb; silly] [niche]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Onaselian County of the Union of Engineers.

The name G̈mthêl-ësa Ye is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as G̈mthêl-ësa Ye was founded by Ktilêli, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°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 25°C (77°F). G̈mthêl-ësa Ye receives an average of 240 cm/y (94 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. G̈mthêl-ësa Ye covers an area of nearly 267 km² (106 mi²), and an average elevation of 2036 m (6679 ft) above sea level.

Overview

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1369, by Ktilêli. The establishment of G̈mthêl-ësa Ye was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Ktilêli electing to pay people to resettle in G̈mthêl-ësa Ye.

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and G̈mthêl-ësa Ye is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive cobblestone 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 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 G̈mthêl-ësa Ye weathering a full scale bombardment durring a siege. The budget focused millitary grade defenses have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Something in your gut tells you that you may be unwelcome in G̈mthêl-ësa Ye. 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. You should probably listen to them, as every time you’re asked to leave the person asking you to leave has referenced the town’s patron divine in some way. The little voice in the back of your mind that tells you when you’re in danger feels like it’s just glaring at you and muttering about how stupid you are for even remaining in town.

Civic Infrastructure

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

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

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

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

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

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

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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. G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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 G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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.

G̈mthêl-ësa 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

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye is led by one or more incompetents. While they must have been very good at something to have acquired the position, they are fundamentally incapable of leading. Uncontrolled passions or lusts, commitment to a hopelessly impractical ideal, pigheaded obstinacy in the face of failure, a total lack of charisma or interpersonal skills, or profound laziness might all unfit them for their post.

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

The Frog, Killer (3pp) near G̈mthêl-ësa Ye are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 132
Farmers: 191
Farm Laborer: 263
Hunters: 217
Milk Maids: 161
Ranchers: 82
Ranch Hands: 173
Shepherds: 157

Farmland: 253939 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 15792
Poultry: 189507
Swine: 12633
Sheep: 631
Goats: 126
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 6316

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 126
Blacksmiths: 146
Bookbinders: 77
Buckle-makers: 84
Cabinetmakers: 154
Candlemakers: 210
Carpenters: 214
Clothmakers: 170
Coach and Harness Makers: 65
Coopers: 170
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 88
Copyists: 59
Cutlers: 53
Fabricworkers: 150
Farrier: 360
Furriers: 41
Glassworkers: 217
Gunsmiths: 141
Harness-Makers: 61
Hatters: 125
Hosiery Workers: 44
Jewelers: 70
Leatherwrights: 166
Locksmiths: 66
Matchstick makers: 97
Musical Instrument Makers: 88
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 80
Paper Workers: 94
Plasterers: 83
Pursemakers: 107
Roofers: 67
Ropemakers: 65
Rugmakers: 62
Saddlers: 116
Scabbardmakers: 138
Scalemakers: 63
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 41
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 61
Shoemakers: 57
Soap and Tallow Workers: 229
Tailors: 382
Tanners: 82
Upholsterers: 91
Watchmakers: 84
Weavers: 175
Whitesmiths: 49

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 43
Arcana Sellers: 43
Beer-Sellers: 84
Booksellers: 94
Butchers: 166
Chandlers: 170
Chicken Butchers: 183
Entrepreneurs: 63
Fine Clothiers: 161
Fishmongers: 166
Florists: 38
Potion Sellers: 101
Resellers: 217
Spice Merchants: 86
Wine-sellers: 131
Wheelwright: 94
Woodsellers: 60

Service workers

Bakers: 332
Barbers: 268
Coachmen: 91
Cooks: 263
Doctors: 138
Gamekeepers: 95
Grooms: 57
Hairdressers: 225
Healers: 188
Housekeepers: 170
Housemaids: 332
House Stewards: 180
Inns: 60
Laundry maids: 108
Maidservants: 217
Nursery Maids: 108
Pastrycooks: 203
Restaurateur: 287
Tavern Keepers: 252

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 92
Bleachers: 57
Chemical Workers: 36
Coal Heavers: 140
In-Town Couriers: 140
Long Haul Couriers: 143
Dockyard Workers: 131
Gas Workers: 31
Hay Merchants: 51
Leech Collectors: 183
Millers: 140
Miners: 143
Oilmen and Polishers: 100
Postmen: 134
Pure Finder: 83
Skinners: 175
Sugar Refiners: 36
Tosher: 100
Warehousemen: 217
Watercarriers: 141
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 175

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 82
Alchemist: 97
Clerk: 119
Dentists: 63
Educators: 168
Engineers: 91
Gardeners: 64
Mages: 48
Plumbers: 67
Pharmacist: 72
Professors: 27
Scientists: 47
Wizards: 27

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 61
Bankers: 90
Civil Clerks: 150
Civic Iudex: 67
Consultants: 41
Exorcist: 143
Fixers: 77
Kami Clerk: 115
Landlords: 122
Lawyers: 79
Legend Keepers: 108
Militia Officers: 421
Monks, Monastic: 185
Monks, Civic: 180
Historian, Oral: 146
Historian, Textual: 76
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 146
Priests: 242
Rangers: 84
Rat Catchers: 94
Scholars: 95
Spiritualist: 114
Slayers: 35
Storytellers: 280
Military Officers: 210

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 185
Comfort Services: 210
Enchanters: 67
Herbalists: 69
Jaminators: 203
Needleworkers: 242
Potters: 100
Preserve Makers: 197
Quilters: 94
Seamsters: 350
Spinners: 185
Tinker: 68
Weaver: 154

Artists

Actors: 66
Architects: 24
Bards: 100
Costumers: 38
Dancers: 72
Drafters: 41
Engravers: 50
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 31
Glaziers: 67
Inlayers: 60
Musicians: 180
Painters, Art: 32
Playwrights: 64
Sculptors, Art: 55
Wood Carvers: 203
Writers: 210

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 217
Canners: 185
Cheesmakers: 197
Ice Merchants: 28
Millers: 126
Picklers: 103
Smokers: 80
Stockmakers: 72
Tobacconists: 100
Tallowmakers: 143

23535 of G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

38371 of G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1263 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

G̈mthêl-ësa Ye makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, G̈mthêl-ësa Ye was attacked by soldiers from another nation, waging a greater campaign. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is G̈mthêl-ësa Ye lost 119 people, 259 livestock, and 94 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 195, when members of G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's militia enacted an operation to escort a specific mage to a safe location. The operation was complicated by at least some of the intelligence related to the operation was incorrect. The conflict ended with pitched battle between both forces, which ended in defeat for G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's forces. The war is remembered in legend by G̈mthêl-ësa Ye's bards, historians, and legend keepers.