Rakè-cèka Îè

Rakè-cèka Îè (/ˈrakè/ /ˈcèka/ [mobile; portable] [crowd; audience]) is a temperate Large City located in the Myuegroth County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Rakè-cèka Îè is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Rakè-cèka Îè was founded by Zlëi, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Rakè-cèka Îè has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). Rakè-cèka Îè receives an average of 221 cm/y (87 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Rakè-cèka Îè covers an area of nearly 518 km² (207 mi²), and an average elevation of 990 m (3248 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Rakè-cèka Îè was founded durring the late 11th century, by Zlëi. The establishment of Rakè-cèka Îè was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Zlëi electing to pay people to resettle in Rakè-cèka Îè.

Rakè-cèka Îè was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Rakè-cèka Îè is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Rakè-cèka Îè is is constructed arround a series of broad gravel mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. Rakè-cèka Îè's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

Rakè-cèka Îè has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Rakè-cèka Îè’s streets.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Rakè-cèka Îè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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 Rakè-cèka Îè. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Rakè-cèka Îè's parks.

Rakè-cèka Îè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Rakè-cèka Îè.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

Rakè-cèka Îè has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

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

Rakè-cèka Îè has an Millitary Academy which trains military officers and specilists.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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. Rakè-cèka Îè's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Rakè-cèka Îè's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Rakè-cèka Îè has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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 Rakè-cèka Îè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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.

Rakè-cèka Îè 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

One or more crime bosses have a powerful influence within Rakè-cèka Îè. They may control crime within the community itself, or they may use it simply as a safe haven from which to direct their minions elsewhere. Local law enforcement may know all about them, but lack the strength to confront them and their paid or intimidated henchmen.

Rakè-cèka Îè's garrison 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 Rakè-cèka Îè all of the cats speak in a dead language.

The Mud Elemental, Medium near Rakè-cèka Îè are known to be quite timid.

Rakè-cèka Îè'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 Invocation energies of tier 2 via mimery.

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.

Rakè-cèka Îè Census Data: Year 2000

45579 of Rakè-cèka Îè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2374 work in Agriculture
• 10218 work as Craftsmen
• 3840 work as Merchants
• 6875 work as Service Workers
• 4698 work as General Laborers
• 1912 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6585 work as Civil Servants
• 4121 work in Cottage Industries
• 2596 work as Artists
• 2360 work in Produce Industries

70285 of Rakè-cèka Îè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 6098 (5%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Rakè-cèka Îè 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 a great windstorm struck Rakè-cèka Îè. Its winds were so great they picked up unsecured objects and flung them with enough force to smash brick and skull alike. Buildings collapsed under the gale, burying countless people alive. The storm's devistation was focused on the area arround Rakè-cèka Îè, which lost 187 people, 119, and 31 livestock in the disaster.. History remembers the strom as The Storm of Torment.

History