Mèha-ekè Fêqê

Mèha-ekè Fêqê (/ˈmèha/ /ˈekè/ [real; authentic] [sketch]) is a subtropical Town located in the Ineg̈èsho Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Mèha-ekè Fêqê is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Mèha-ekè Fêqê was founded by Glkega Ênmèdsí, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Mèha-ekè Fêqê has a yearly average temperature of 21°C (69°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 12°C (53°F). Mèha-ekè Fêqê receives an average of 281 cm/y (110 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Mèha-ekè Fêqê covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1028 m (3372 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Mèha-ekè Fêqê was founded durring the late 14th century in winter of the year 1271, by Glkega Ênmèdsí. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Mèha-ekè Fêqê 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.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê is is constructed arround a series of restrictive flagstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town is protected by a well-crafted cobblestone fence tall enough to provide adiquite cover for defenders to fire from, but no more than that. Unfortuantly, these frontieer-style defences are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê is, in a word, disorder. People seem to be allowed to do as they please with little harmoney to anything. It feels less like a town, and more like a spot people just happened to place their homes. Yet there are small elements here and there which show the underlying structure of the community. It’s just so complex, organic, and flowing one can only understand what is a piece of the puzzle, but not what its neighbors are.

Civic Infrastructure

Mèha-ekè Fêqê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Mèha-ekè Fêqê.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê 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.

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

Mèha-ekè Fêqê 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.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê 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.

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

Mèha-ekè Fêqê has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê 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.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê 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

Mèha-ekè Fêqê's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used which employed abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square, and plans are based on often symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls. These structures were is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and made use of colorful stone mosaics..

In Mèha-ekè Fêqê rainbows form quite often above the Town.

The Leshy, Lichen near Mèha-ekè Fêqê are known to be quite timid.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel to channel Elven High Magic energies of tier 2 via singing.

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.

Mèha-ekè Fêqê Census Data: Year 2000

395 of Mèha-ekè Fêqê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 84 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 65 work as Service Workers
• 40 work as General Laborers
• 13 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

876 of Mèha-ekè Fêqê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 39 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Mèha-ekè Fêqê is uncommonly rich, not only for the gentry but for the common citizens as well. They may produce a valuable good, oversee precious resource extraction, have special economic favors from the ruler, or simply have inherited a vast body of infrastructure. Their neighbors likely view them with envy, and outside raiders and exploiters find them an ideal target.

Due to a magical anomaly, Mèha-ekè Fêqê is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of solved a major long term problem plaguing the town. A small order of knights was founded in 's honor, and bears his name to this day.

History