Sepíê-shato Sêdè

Sepíê-shato Sêdè (/ˈsep˔ɘ/ /ˈʃato/ [basic] [match (game); contest]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Ineg̈èsho Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Sepíê-shato Sêdè is derived from the Goblin language, as Sepíê-shato Sêdè was founded by Vú̄̌ Ra̋nvë̋nḱ 'Lofielie Skye' Sēsh Ga̋sh Ermé̄̌s, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Sepíê-shato Sêdè has a yearly average temperature of 20°C (68°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 31°C (87°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 9°C (48°F). Sepíê-shato Sêdè receives an average of 217 cm/y (85 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Sepíê-shato Sêdè covers an area of nearly 216 km² (86 mi²), and an average elevation of 1646 m (5400 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sepíê-shato Sêdè was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1159, by Vú̄̌ Ra̋nvë̋nḱ 'Lofielie Skye' Sēsh Ga̋sh Ermé̄̌s. The establishment of Sepíê-shato Sêdè suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Sepíê-shato Sêdè which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè is was constructed arround several narrow cobblestone mainstreets which cross one another at certain axies, with smaller streets branching off of them to premit acess to the many buildings deeper into the road network. The overall fashion is remenessent of a circulatory system, or other organic construct, and is quite effishent in its design. The city rests behind a thin stone wall. The wall's design was likly directly copied from a castle's parmiter defences. It's simply that the arcatect made Sepíê-shato Sêdè's wall substancialy thinner than a castle's walls. While the towers and gatehouses are adiquite, the obvious cost savings measure of making the walls drasticaly thinner reduces their ability to resist siege weapons greatly. The city's impressive-looking wall could fail at a critical moment in battle, and would likely not even resist a few bandits with improvised siege equipment. The city's budget oriented have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the city.

A look around Sepíê-shato Sêdè gives you a feeling of distrust and paranoia. Also greed. The locals seem to be very much into scholastic pursuits, based on the hushed, murmured conversations you hear at least. Everyone in Sepíê-shato Sêdè acts like they have discovered something wondrous, and are worried they will endure some horrible fate so another can take what they’ve discovered for themselves.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Sepíê-shato Sêdè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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 Sepíê-shato Sêdè. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Sepíê-shato Sêdè's parks.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Sepíê-shato Sêdè.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

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

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

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

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

Sepíê-shato Sêdè has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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. Sepíê-shato Sêdè's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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 Sepíê-shato Sêdè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè's bank was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. This design ethos extended to re-imagining earlier styles of structure to create them anew, with a similar overall look and feel to one another..

Due to the actions of local Kami, summer is skipped in Sepíê-shato Sêdè.

The Satyr near Sepíê-shato Sêdè are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves drinking to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via chanting.

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.

Sepíê-shato Sêdè Census Data: Year 2000

19264 of Sepíê-shato Sêdè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1029 work in Agriculture
• 4301 work as Craftsmen
• 1578 work as Merchants
• 2859 work as Service Workers
• 1962 work as General Laborers
• 807 work as Skilled Laborers
• 2971 work as Civil Servants
• 1707 work in Cottage Industries
• 1055 work as Artists
• 995 work in Produce Industries

28734 of Sepíê-shato Sêdè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 3063 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Due to a magical anomaly, Sepíê-shato Sêdè is directly accessible from a nearby river, despite the lack of a physical connection between the town's pond and the river.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a local hero by the name of secured a clean water supply for . Sepíê-shato Sêdè created a local delicacy in 's honor which is served at festivals.

History