Jîhe-píi Ye

Jîhe-píi Ye (/ˈʤɪhe/ /p˔i/ [opposite] [mirror]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Myuegroth County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Jîhe-píi Ye is derived from the Sylvin language, as Jîhe-píi Ye was founded by Grèsili, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Jîhe-píi Ye has a yearly average temperature of 16°C (60°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 24°C (75°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Jîhe-píi Ye receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Jîhe-píi Ye covers an area of nearly 269 km² (107 mi²), and an average elevation of 1508 m (4947 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Jîhe-píi Ye was founded durring the late 16th century in summer of the year 1481, by Grèsili. The establishment of Jîhe-píi Ye was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Jîhe-píi Ye's construction back out of the project. Grèsili pushed on reguardles, and Jîhe-píi Ye was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Jîhe-píi Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Jîhe-píi Ye is no diffrent. The city'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.

Jîhe-píi Ye is buildings are speckled and packed arround restrictive cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The exceptionaly well made fortifications 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.

Right off the bat Jîhe-píi Ye 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 city has come into quite a lot of wealth, and recently from the looks of things. The new wealth has created some worrying attitudes in many passers by, such that it’s clear new laws have recently been enacted and enforced with such extreme scrutiny the locals seem to be going about their day as if by clockwork.

Civic Infrastructure

Jîhe-píi 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.

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

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

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

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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.

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

Jîhe-píi Ye has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Jîhe-píi 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. Jîhe-píi Ye's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

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

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

Jîhe-píi Ye 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.

Jîhe-píi 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 Jîhe-píi Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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.

Jîhe-píi 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

Jîhe-píi Ye's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction, employing arches and constructed with post and lintel. The arch served as the style's chief structural element, with flanking columns serving as buttresses or decorations. While the general shape of their structures could be generously described as simplistic, the use of these arches and columns created a most distinct ascetic which is easily distinguishable on sight to armatures and experts alike.

Due to the actions of local Kami, autumn is skipped in Jîhe-píi Ye.

The Spider Eater near Jîhe-píi Ye are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Jîhe-píi Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves creating small tokens to channel Mysticism energies of tier 2 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.

Jîhe-píi Ye Census Data: Year 2000

24112 of Jîhe-píi Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1312 work in Agriculture
• 5376 work as Craftsmen
• 1930 work as Merchants
• 3630 work as Service Workers
• 2458 work as General Laborers
• 994 work as Skilled Laborers
• 3707 work as Civil Servants
• 2029 work in Cottage Industries
• 1367 work as Artists
• 1309 work in Produce Industries

34577 of Jîhe-píi Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 5103 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

A great magical Working has been a critical part of Jîhe-píi Ye since its creation, but now it's beginning to decay. It may function only intermittently, now, or its effects may have curdled into something double-edged. The locals have no idea how to fix it, and indeed, it may not be possible to repair it with modern science or sorcery.

The roads leading into Jîhe-píi Ye possess a great number of switchbacks. While designed for defense, they mostly wind up pissing everyone trying to take goods to town right the hell off.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami ended a famine plaguing Jîhe-píi Ye. One of Jîhe-píi Ye's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History