Píêho-shî Bî

Píêho-shî Bî (/ˈp˔ɘho/ /ʃɪ/ [volatile] [number]) is a temperate Large Town located in the Mèrevaqêyê Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Píêho-shî Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Píêho-shî Bî was founded by Kèshi Trêg̈m, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Píêho-shî Bî has a yearly average temperature of 27°C (80°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 24°C (75°F). Píêho-shî Bî receives an average of 272 cm/y (107 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Píêho-shî Bî covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1274 m (4179 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Píêho-shî Bî was founded durring the early 12th century in fall of the year 1131, by Kèshi Trêg̈m. The establishment of Píêho-shî Bî was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Kèshi Trêg̈m electing to pay people to resettle in Píêho-shî Bî.

Píêho-shî Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 12th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Píêho-shî Bî is no diffrent. The town's buildings feature plaster covered brickwork used to form structures with an emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semicircular arches, hemispherical domes, niches and aediculae can be found everywhere such that only size of building and yard can be used to measure the general prosparity of a given building's owners due to a general wealthy feeling the style gives off.

Píêho-shî Bî is buildings are arranged within a network of narrow cobblestone streets which form a rectangular grid, where each block verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller block has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. The town's minimaly adiquite are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

Píêho-shî Bî is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the town like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This town is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

Píêho-shî Bî 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 Píêho-shî Bî. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Píêho-shî Bî's parks.

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

Píêho-shî 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.

Píêho-shî 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.

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

Píêho-shî Bî 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 Town. Píêho-shî Bî's grid is powered by a god's will and kindness.

Píêho-shî Bî 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 Píêho-shî Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Píêho-shî 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.

Píêho-shî Bî 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

Píêho-shî Bî's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is which made use of the classical orders and mathematically precise ratios of height and width combined with a desire for symmetry, proportion, and harmony. It used columns, pediments, arches and domes are imaginatively in buildings of all types. Decorative features were seen as largely unnecessary as the sheer beauty of the structure itself was often close to art. However, many buildings with large ceiling spaces had their ceilings decorated with elaborate paintings, simply because the large flat spaces could feel wasted.

In Píêho-shî Bî sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Cloud Dragon, Wyrmling near Píêho-shî Bî are known to be quite timid.

Píêho-shî Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves creating small tokens to channel Abjuration energies of tier 1 via throat 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.

Píêho-shî Bî Census Data: Year 2000

476 of Píêho-shî Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 29 work in Agriculture
• 106 work as Craftsmen
• 40 work as Merchants
• 78 work as Service Workers
• 50 work as General Laborers
• 18 work as Skilled Laborers
• 64 work as Civil Servants
• 44 work in Cottage Industries
• 22 work as Artists
• 25 work in Produce Industries

909 of Píêho-shî Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 120 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Píêho-shî Bî’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Píêho-shî Bî’s streets.

Píêho-shî Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century heavy spring rains following an uncharacteristically dry year and a minor earthquake resulted in the collapse of the north east side of Dread Hill. the landslide struck Píêho-shî Bî, and devastated the community. 170 people, 150 livestock, and 55 buildings were lost to the calamity. The disaster is recorded in history as Dread's Fall.

History