Qëgayê-ijë Ye

Qëgayê-ijë Ye (/qëˈgajɘ/ /ˈiʤë/ [guilty] [reef]) is a temperate Large City located in the Szore County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Qëgayê-ijë Ye is derived from the Sylvin language, as Qëgayê-ijë Ye was founded by Mesopedia, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Qëgayê-ijë Ye has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Qëgayê-ijë Ye receives an average of 197 cm/y (77 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Qëgayê-ijë Ye covers an area of nearly 336 km² (134 mi²), and an average elevation of 4188 m (13740 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Qëgayê-ijë Ye was founded durring the late 14th century in fall of the year 1355, by Mesopedia. The establishment of Qëgayê-ijë Ye was only bairly constructed. The sheer number of problems with its founding were enough to make several of the backers funding Qëgayê-ijë Ye's construction back out of the project. Mesopedia pushed on reguardles, and Qëgayê-ijë Ye was finished, but starts off as a terible place to live.

Qëgayê-ijë Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë Ye is buildings have been located at convienant points along the rivers Qëgayê-ijë Ye was built upon. Navigating the town is therefore a little chalanging as the distance between buildings verris greatly and the narrow cobblestone streets flow where they are able to be made rather than folowing the most convienant paths. The city is the proud owner of a thick set of fortified walls fashioned from querried stone blocks. While not up to snuff for a fort or castle wall, the city's walls are naturaly much larger than those of forts or castles. Therefore, the construction such a wall is most expencive. Qëgayê-ijë Ye's buget focused wall would serve its community well in battle in spite of looking unimpressive compared to castles and fortresses. The top tier civilian fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Qëgayê-ijë Ye has the unmistakable air of a city on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Whatever industry once fueled Qëgayê-ijë Ye ’s existence has dried up and the city is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Likely due to this, Qëgayê-ijë Ye 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 city, and more like a spot people just happened to have homes. One cannot help but wonder what Qëgayê-ijë Ye was like during the glorydays.

Civic Infrastructure

Qëgayê-ijë Ye possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

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

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

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

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

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

Qëgayê-ijë Ye has an Scientific Academy which provides higher education in the natural sciences.

Qëgayê-ijë 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. Qëgayê-ijë Ye's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Qëgayê-ijë Ye 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.

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

Qëgayê-ijë Ye has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Qëgayê-ijë 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 Qëgayê-ijë Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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.

Qëgayê-ijë 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

Qëgayê-ijë Ye's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

Due to the actions of local Kami, winter is short in Qëgayê-ijë Ye.

The Domovoi near Qëgayê-ijë Ye are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Qëgayê-ijë Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Conjuration energies of tier 1 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.

Qëgayê-ijë Ye Census Data: Year 2000

30430 of Qëgayê-ijë Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1656 work in Agriculture
• 6463 work as Craftsmen
• 2460 work as Merchants
• 4716 work as Service Workers
• 3193 work as General Laborers
• 1254 work as Skilled Laborers
• 4748 work as Civil Servants
• 2635 work in Cottage Industries
• 1643 work as Artists
• 1662 work in Produce Industries

47085 of Qëgayê-ijë Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 1581 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Qëgayê-ijë Ye is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

POI

History

Qëgayê-ijë Ye used to be much richer, but something happened in the last (5379 % 6)+1 years to crush its source of prosperity. Different factions of the community might be trying to grasp at the remaining dregs of wealth, others might try to restart the failed industry, and some might look for a new livelihood. Any group or entity thought responsible for the collapse is likely to be treated very harshly, and some locals might find profit in shifting the blame to their enemies.

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of killed a tyrannical who had controlled Qëgayê-ijë Ye for years. One of Qëgayê-ijë Ye's festivals remembers the hero.

History