Iqî-êti Îè

Iqî-êti Îè (/ˈiqɪ/ /ˈɘti/ [fun] [nail]) is a temperate Large City located in the Ohile'e County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Iqî-êti Îè is derived from the Sylvin language, as Iqî-êti Îè was founded by Glelë, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Iqî-êti Îè has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a cool 20°C (68°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Iqî-êti Îè receives an average of 252 cm/y (99 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Iqî-êti Îè covers an area of nearly 272 km² (108 mi²), and an average elevation of 1058 m (3471 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Iqî-êti Îè was founded durring the early 16th century in winter of the year 1505, by Glelë. The establishment of Iqî-êti Îè was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Iqî-êti Îè's construction back out of the project. Glelë pushed on reguardles, and Iqî-êti Îè was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Iqî-êti Îè was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Iqî-êti Îè is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature plaster covered brick construction taking the shape of large simple gemometric shapes which ate then embelished with decorative features, but retain their simple shapes in spite of the added features such as pillars, faccaddes, and covered walkways. The blocky nature gives a general impression of extreem age, as if each structure has existed since time immemorial.

Iqî-êti Îè is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of restrictive paverstone streets which form octogonal 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 is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Iqî-êti Îè, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. The city's Relic of the World That Was are visibly old, but also obviously well maintained. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with routine mantance of the city's defences.

A look around Iqî-êti Îè 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 Iqî-êti Îè can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear Iqî-êti Îè places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual.

Civic Infrastructure

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

Iqî-êti Îè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Iqî-êti Îè 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 Iqî-êti Îè. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Iqî-êti Îè's parks.

Iqî-êti Îè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Iqî-êti Îè.

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

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

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

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

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

Iqî-êti Îè has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Iqî-êti Îè 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. Iqî-êti Îè's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

Iqî-êti Îè has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Iqî-êti Îè has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Iqî-êti Îè 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 Iqî-êti Îè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

Iqî-êti Îè 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.

Iqî-êti Îè 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

The law within Iqî-êti Îè is highly corrupt, or does not apply to certain favored groups or castes. Strangers might be fleeced by local lawmen, evildoers can be absolved by a payment, and powerful gentry do as they please.

Iqî-êti Îè's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is admittedly strange and non-linear style rooted in defiance of symmetrical shapes. It championed the creation of buildings with a unique visual appearance. the structural norms of classic buildings and deforms or moves away from elementary architectural principles. By including non-linear designs processed into its buildings and favoring fragmentation, this style expressed a form of controlled chaos. Its buildings appear out-of-the-ordinary, draw the eye in immediately and sometimes create a feeling of strangeness. These distorted shapes and structure are not reserved to the building’s outer facade, they destabilize interior elements too, favoring minimalism and play on people’s perceptions by injecting a futuristic touch.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is short in Iqî-êti Îè.

The Ramidreju near Iqî-êti Îè are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Iqî-êti Îè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves gestures to channel Invocation energies of tier 1 via moments of science.

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.

Iqî-êti Îè Census Data: Year 2000

24816 of Iqî-êti Îè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1318 work in Agriculture
• 5492 work as Craftsmen
• 1968 work as Merchants
• 3947 work as Service Workers
• 2478 work as General Laborers
• 999 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3726 work as Civil Servants
• 2190 work in Cottage Industries
• 1420 work as Artists
• 1278 work in Produce Industries

37033 of Iqî-êti Îè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2577 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Iqî-êti Îè has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a dragon and brought its hoard to Iqî-êti Îè, where it was shared with all. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History