Qath-meyî Bî

Qath-meyî Bî (/ˈʃɘmɘ/ /ˈmejɪ/ [ironic] [helmet]) is a temperate Town located in the Qíîsîrêyê Sêpíêto Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Qath-meyî Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Qath-meyî Bî was founded by Kos Tsèdo, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Qath-meyî Bî has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Qath-meyî Bî receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Qath-meyî Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1214 m (3982 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qath-meyî Bî was founded durring the late 11th century, by Kos Tsèdo. The establishment of Qath-meyî Bî was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Kos Tsèdo struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Qath-meyî Bî as a prison colony.

Qath-meyî Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qath-meyî 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.

Qath-meyî Bî is buildings are speckled and packed arround premissive cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the town'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 town. The town emploies a series of defencive earthworks, spikes, and fences to provide some protection against wild beasts and smaller groups of intelegent foes. Unfortuantly, these minimaly adiquite are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

Qath-meyî 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.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Qath-meyî 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.

Qath-meyî 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.

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

Qath-meyî 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 Town. Qath-meyî Bî's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Qath-meyî Bî 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.

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

Qath-meyî Bî 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.

Qath-meyî 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

While Qath-meyî Bî has a public leader, the real authority is hidden from outsiders. This ruler may draw their authority from rationales unacceptable to outsiders, they may have cowed the public authority into obedience, or they may have a mutually beneficial private arrangement with the official ruler.

Qath-meyî Bî's bank 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 Qath-meyî Bî it is impossible to directly or indirectly lie.

The Blackwisp Egret near Qath-meyî Bî are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Qath-meyî Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves gestures to channel Summoning 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.

Qath-meyî Bî Census Data: Year 2000

382 of Qath-meyî Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 25 work in Agriculture
• 83 work as Craftsmen
• 31 work as Merchants
• 63 work as Service Workers
• 36 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 57 work as Civil Servants
• 37 work in Cottage Industries
• 19 work as Artists
• 19 work in Produce Industries

829 of Qath-meyî Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 37 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a monster which had been terrorizing the streets of Qath-meyî Bî. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History