Small City: Sëg-yêmë Ratê

Sëg-yêmë Ratê
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	Têqayëg̈ê Zone
Region	Jatosubete Basin
Founded	1410
Community Leader	Lord Tresëg̈
Area	8 km² (3 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	23°C (73°F)
Average Elevation	6618 m (-21237 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	243 cm/y (95 in/y)
Population	2029
Population Density	253 people per km² (676 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Conjuration
Naming
Native name	Sëg-yêmë Ratê
Pronunciation	/ˈʤɪʤɘ/ /ˈjɘmë/
Direct Translation	[live] [drink]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Sëg-yêmë Ratê (/ˈʤɪʤɘ/ /ˈjɘmë/ [live] [drink]) is a temperate Small City located in the Têqayëg̈ê Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Sëg-yêmë Ratê is derived from the Sylvin language, as Sëg-yêmë Ratê was founded by Zêb, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Sëg-yêmë Ratê has a yearly average temperature of 23°C (73°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Sëg-yêmë Ratê receives an average of 243 cm/y (95 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Sëg-yêmë Ratê covers an area of nearly 8 km² (3 mi²), and an average elevation of 6618 m (-21237 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Sëg-yêmë Ratê was founded durring the early 15th century in spring of the year 1410, by Zêb. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the early 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Sëg-yêmë Ratê is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber and earth construction, with most buildigns first floors resembling mounds of earth, with subsequent floors appearing as elaborate log cabins, with each building forming a tiered pyramid of sorts fromed from the stack of rectangular, peek roofed cabins. Most wooden bracing, support, and trim is carved with decorative knotwork, and the larger structures even feature painted trim which emphasises the knotwork.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of crampt paverstone streets which form octogonal paterns, allowing the incides of the octagons to be common grounds for the buildings on the edges, be it for parkland, yardspace, plazas, or markets. The city sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The would-be-castle fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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 Sëg-yêmë Ratê’s streets.

Civic Infrastructure

Sëg-yêmë Ratê has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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 Sëg-yêmë Ratê. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Sëg-yêmë Ratê's parks.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Sëg-yêmë Ratê.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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.

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

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

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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.

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

Sëg-yêmë Ratê has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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 Sëg-yêmë Ratê's natural decorations nor waterways.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê 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

The locals are convinced that there is some terrible threat against them working from within their society. It may be a matter of dark sorcerers, foreign spies, traitorous neighbors, shape shifting monsters, or some other hidden evil. This evil may be a recent fear, or it may be an inherited peril they’ve always had to guard against. The danger itself may or may not exist, or if it exists it may not justify the steps being taken.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used has a sleek, linear appearance with stylized, often geometric ornamentation. The primary facade of its buildings often featured a series of set backs that create a stepped outline. Low-relief decorative panels can be found at entrances, around windows, along roof edges or as string courses. It was best known for its use of smooth finish building materials such as stucco, concrete block, glazed brick or mosaic tile. Decorative details can incorporate various artistic or exotic motifs to suit the building's function or the architect's whim. Chevrons, zigzags, and other geometrical motifs are common forms of ornament.

The Leech Swarm near Sëg-yêmë Ratê are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Sëg-yêmë Ratê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves line dance to channel Transmutation energies of tier 3 via throat 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.

Agriculture

Dairy Farmers: 3
Farmers: 5
Farm Laborer: 10
Hunters: 6
Milk Maids: 4
Ranchers: 2
Ranch Hands: 5
Shepherds: 5

Farmland: 8197 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 507
Poultry: 6087
Swine: 405
Sheep: 20
Goats: 4
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 202

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 4
Blacksmiths: 4
Bookbinders: 2
Buckle-makers: 2
Cabinetmakers: 4
Candlemakers: 6
Carpenters: 6
Clothmakers: 5
Coach and Harness Makers: 2
Coopers: 5
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 2
Copyists: 1
Cutlers: 1
Fabricworkers: 4
Farrier: 11
Furriers: 1
Glassworkers: 6
Gunsmiths: 4
Harness-Makers: 1
Hatters: 4
Hosiery Workers: 1
Jewelers: 2
Leatherwrights: 4
Locksmiths: 2
Matchstick makers: 3
Musical Instrument Makers: 3
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 2
Paper Workers: 2
Plasterers: 2
Pursemakers: 3
Roofers: 2
Ropemakers: 2
Rugmakers: 1
Saddlers: 3
Scabbardmakers: 4
Scalemakers: 2
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 1
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Shoemakers: 2
Soap and Tallow Workers: 7
Tailors: 11
Tanners: 2
Upholsterers: 3
Watchmakers: 2
Weavers: 5
Whitesmiths: 1

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 1
Arcana Sellers: 1
Beer-Sellers: 2
Booksellers: 3
Butchers: 4
Chandlers: 5
Chicken Butchers: 5
Entrepreneurs: 2
Fine Clothiers: 5
Fishmongers: 5
Florists: 1
Potion Sellers: 3
Resellers: 8
Spice Merchants: 2
Wine-sellers: 4
Wheelwright: 3
Woodsellers: 1

Service workers

Bakers: 12
Barbers: 8
Coachmen: 2
Cooks: 10
Doctors: 4
Gamekeepers: 3
Grooms: 1
Hairdressers: 7
Healers: 5
Housekeepers: 5
Housemaids: 10
House Stewards: 5
Inns: 1
Laundry maids: 4
Maidservants: 6
Nursery Maids: 3
Pastrycooks: 6
Restaurateur: 6
Tavern Keepers: 9

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 2
Bleachers: 1
Chemical Workers: 1
Coal Heavers: 4
In-Town Couriers: 4
Long Haul Couriers: 4
Dockyard Workers: 4
Hay Merchants: 1
Leech Collectors: 5
Millers: 4
Miners: 4
Oilmen and Polishers: 3
Postmen: 4
Pure Finder: 2
Skinners: 6
Sugar Refiners: 1
Tosher: 3
Warehousemen: 7
Watercarriers: 4
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 6

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 2
Alchemist: 3
Clerk: 4
Dentists: 2
Educators: 5
Engineers: 3
Gardeners: 1
Mages: 1
Plumbers: 2
Pharmacist: 2
Scientists: 1

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 2
Bankers: 2
Civil Clerks: 4
Civic Iudex: 2
Consultants: 1
Exorcist: 4
Fixers: 2
Kami Clerk: 3
Landlords: 4
Lawyers: 2
Legend Keepers: 3
Militia Officers: 15
Monks, Monastic: 5
Monks, Civic: 5
Historian, Oral: 5
Historian, Textual: 2
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 5
Priests: 8
Rangers: 2
Rat Catchers: 3
Scholars: 3
Spiritualist: 3
Slayers: 1
Storytellers: 7
Military Officers: 7

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 6
Comfort Services: 7
Enchanters: 2
Herbalists: 2
Jaminators: 6
Needleworkers: 6
Potters: 3
Preserve Makers: 5
Quilters: 2
Seamsters: 12
Spinners: 5
Tinker: 2
Weaver: 5

Artists

Actors: 2
Bards: 3
Costumers: 1
Dancers: 2
Drafters: 1
Engravers: 1
Glaziers: 2
Inlayers: 1
Musicians: 5
Painters, Art: 1
Playwrights: 2
Sculptors, Art: 1
Wood Carvers: 6
Writers: 7

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 7
Canners: 6
Cheesmakers: 7
Millers: 4
Picklers: 3
Smokers: 2
Stockmakers: 2
Tobacconists: 3
Tallowmakers: 4

679 of Sëg-yêmë Ratê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

1208 of Sëg-yêmë Ratê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 142 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Sëg-yêmë Ratê's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century a great windstorm struck Sëg-yêmë Ratê. 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 Sëg-yêmë Ratê, which lost 153 people, 178, and 60 livestock in the disaster.. History remembers the strom as The Storm of Mourning.