Shikêke-vêmë Bî

Shikêke-vêmë Bî (/ʃiˈkɘke/ /ˈvɘmë/ [river; creek] [control]) is a subtropical Town located in the Sëcëngêki Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Shikêke-vêmë Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Shikêke-vêmë Bî was founded by Kèsèb Sheshèqtê, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Shikêke-vêmë Bî has a yearly average temperature of 29°C (84°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a hot 33°C (91°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a warm 26°C (78°F). Shikêke-vêmë Bî receives an average of 160 cm/y (62 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Shikêke-vêmë Bî covers an area of nearly 6 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 1808 m (5931 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Shikêke-vêmë Bî was founded durring the late 13th century in fall of the year 1167, by Kèsèb Sheshèqtê. The establishment of the new community went well, though many minor issues had to be solved as time went on. This was enough to delay construction and push back the formal opening ceramony, leading to some embarisment for Kèsèb Sheshèqtê.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Shikêke-vêmë Bî is no diffrent. The town'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.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî is is constructed arround a series of restrictive cobblestone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town rests behind a thick wall made from clay bricks. The wall has all of the proper fortifications and is well made. Unfortuantly the nature of clay brick leaves it quite vulnerable to siege equipment, though the thickness of the wall lends it simmilar resistnace to a thinner hardrock wall. The millitarily questionable fortifications have not been wellmaintained over the years, and while functional are in dire need of some loving care and perhapse light renovation.

Right off the bat Shikêke-vêmë Bî hits you in the face with its success. Everyone, even the peasants, are dressed in well made clothing. Every tool and implement you can see is finely made, and people will boast to you as obvious strangers of the wonders which can be found in their markets. More interestingly is a total lack of beggars, and plenty of new buildings are going up even as you speak. Many of those buildings are schools, scriptoriums, and even one college. One can only wonder what knowledge the town has come into.

Civic Infrastructure

Shikêke-vêmë Bî has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî 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 Shikêke-vêmë Bî. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Shikêke-vêmë Bî's parks.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Shikêke-vêmë Bî.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî 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.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî 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.

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

Shikêke-vêmë Bî 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 Town. Shikêke-vêmë Bî's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî 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 Shikêke-vêmë Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî 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.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî 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

Shikêke-vêmë Bî's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is famous for its stately symmetry, classical elements, and grand appearance. Columns and pillars, such as Corinthian columns, are often seen supporting open structures or porticos. Symmetry is an important feature of this style, with each half of a building mirroring the other. Domed ceilings and windows grace these buildings, with everything placed in a mathematical arrangement.

=In Shikêke-vêmë Bî when drawing, it's impossible to draw an imperfect circle.

The Venomroach near Shikêke-vêmë Bî are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves sex to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 1 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.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî Census Data: Year 2000

455 of Shikêke-vêmë Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 27 work in Agriculture
• 100 work as Craftsmen
• 35 work as Merchants
• 74 work as Service Workers
• 47 work as General Laborers
• 17 work as Skilled Laborers
• 71 work as Civil Servants
• 39 work in Cottage Industries
• 21 work as Artists
• 24 work in Produce Industries

860 of Shikêke-vêmë Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 114 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Shikêke-vêmë Bî was unknowingly built atop something unstable, and now that substrate is crumbling. It may be swampy ground or a decaying coastline, or it could be an ancient buried city that’s now giving way. In the case of some antique habitation, the denizens that once lived there might be boiling upward as their home is collapsing, or new opportunities may be revealed even as the community’s present structure is ruined.

Shikêke-vêmë Bî's is something of a geological and arcane anomaly, as neither physical nor magical law entirely explains its formation.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century a local hero by the name of slew a dragon and brought its hoard to Shikêke-vêmë Bî, where it was shared with all. was immortalized in song for this deed.

History