Shêto-bëcano Ye

Shêto-bëcano Ye (/ˈʃɘto/ /bëˈcano/ [strong; tough; robust] [criminal]) is a temperate Large City located in the Cyserius Province of the Union of Engineers.

The name Shêto-bëcano Ye is derived from the Gnollish language, as Shêto-bëcano Ye was founded by Cúónvér Ra̋chi̋ch 'Spring Lisso' Vúór Vúnvoīs Mb̪f̄kī̌, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Shêto-bëcano Ye has a yearly average temperature of 28°C (82°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 30°C (86°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 27°C (80°F). Shêto-bëcano Ye receives an average of 285 cm/y (112 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Shêto-bëcano Ye covers an area of nearly 333 km² (133 mi²), and an average elevation of 718 m (2355 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Shêto-bëcano Ye was founded durring the late 15th century in winter of the year 1360, by Cúónvér Ra̋chi̋ch 'Spring Lisso' Vúór Vúnvoīs Mb̪f̄kī̌. The establishment of Shêto-bëcano Ye suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Shêto-bëcano Ye which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Shêto-bëcano Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Shêto-bëcano Ye is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature delicute timber framework hidden behind layer upon layer of finly ground plaster bleached to an almost glossy white sheen, with green clay tiled roofs and decorative brass-leafed trim. Even the smallest, poorest looking structures appear to be expencive thanks to the extreem elegence of the organic shapes and paterns going into their lofty, spire-y, vagly gothic designs. The more well off folks live in identicle homes, save for even shiner trim and a more whimsical appearance to their structures flowing forms.

Shêto-bëcano Ye is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of narrow cobblestone streets which form hexical 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 resides behind a palisade wall complete with battlments, a moat, and timber gatehouses with drawbridges. Shêto-bëcano Ye's robustly designed timber walls are in an unremarkable state. To some, this is the ideal sate for defences to be in. In need of absoutly nothing, and ready to serve the city as needed.

Shêto-bëcano Ye 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 Shêto-bëcano Ye’s streets. In spite of this, quite a few people can be seen reading and the city has an abundance of libraries. It’s quite clear the community values education.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

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

Shêto-bëcano Ye has an Theological Academy which trains clergy in various arcane and theological topics required for their occupations.

Shêto-bëcano 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. Shêto-bëcano Ye's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

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

Shêto-bëcano Ye 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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 Shêto-bëcano Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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.

Shêto-bëcano 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

Shêto-bëcano Ye's chapel 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..

The Butterfly/Moth near Shêto-bëcano Ye are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Shêto-bëcano Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves destroying a prepared ritual vessel 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.

Shêto-bëcano Ye Census Data: Year 2000

29752 of Shêto-bëcano Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1724 work in Agriculture
• 6681 work as Craftsmen
• 2471 work as Merchants
• 4392 work as Service Workers
• 3060 work as General Laborers
• 1252 work as Skilled Laborers
• 4250 work as Civil Servants
• 2709 work in Cottage Industries
• 1654 work as Artists
• 1559 work in Produce Industries

46972 of Shêto-bëcano Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 2372 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Shêto-bëcano Ye is home to some form of natural wonder. It could be a hot spring, or an especially enchanting glade, or a particular vista. Whatever it is, it's such a lovely attraction that Shêto-bëcano Ye sees its fair share of tourists every year from all across Eyom. Consequently, its residents speak many languages at a functional level.

Shêto-bëcano Ye's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

The the a cart of Invocation, an a cart imbued with great amounts of Invocation energies was created near Shêto-bëcano Ye by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History