Pía-dimê Bî

Pía-dimê Bî (/p˔a/ /ˈdimɘ/ [social] [future]) is a subtropical Town located in the Gêngípíêpíêè Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Pía-dimê Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Pía-dimê Bî was founded by Zêlëi Glêrteg̈, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Pía-dimê Bî has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 23°C (73°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 18°C (64°F). Pía-dimê Bî receives an average of 264 cm/y (103 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Pía-dimê Bî covers an area of nearly 4 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 7412 m (-18632 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Pía-dimê Bî was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1310, by Zêlëi Glêrteg̈. The establishment of Pía-dimê Bî was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Zêlëi Glêrteg̈ electing to pay people to resettle in Pía-dimê Bî.

Pía-dimê Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Pía-dimê Bî 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.

Pía-dimê Bî is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious packed earth streets which form a grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable 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.

A look around Pía-dimê Bî seems to be home to a quite vibrant and boisterous community. Everywhere one looks they can see people going out their daily business with a smile and a spring in their step. Children play loudly in the streets, causing untold havoc as youth are want and allowed to do.

Civic Infrastructure

Pía-dimê Bî has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Pía-dimê Bî.

Pía-dimê Bî 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.

Pía-dimê Bî 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.

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

Pía-dimê Bî has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Pía-dimê Bî 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

Two or more groups of citizens within Pía-dimê Bî hate each other. Their neighbors or the local law have kept things from too-overt violence, but members of the groups will constantly interfere with their rivals and cause whatever misery they can get away with. This hate may spring from recent events, or it may be an inherited spite from old wrongs.

Pía-dimê Bî's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

In Pía-dimê Bî every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Woghemoth near Pía-dimê Bî are known to be quite timid.

Pía-dimê Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves long periods of drunkenness to channel Illusion energies of tier 3 via recitation of poetic epics.

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.

Pía-dimê Bî Census Data: Year 2000

311 of Pía-dimê Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 20 work in Agriculture
• 71 work as Craftsmen
• 22 work as Merchants
• 46 work as Service Workers
• 29 work as General Laborers
• 11 work as Skilled Laborers
• 49 work as Civil Servants
• 32 work in Cottage Industries
• 14 work as Artists
• 17 work in Produce Industries

679 of Pía-dimê Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 52 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Pía-dimê Bî makes use of canals for some of its streets. Locals often fish in the canals.

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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. Pía-dimê Bî's militia's elite squad is named after .

History