Tël-jisë Ye

Tël-jisë Ye (/ˈdɘkè/ /ˈʤisë/ [necessary] [option]) is a temperate Large City located in the Ollran County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Tël-jisë Ye is derived from the Wood Elvish language, as Tël-jisë Ye was founded by Zlëgëgë, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Tël-jisë Ye 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). Tël-jisë Ye receives an average of 173 cm/y (68 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Tël-jisë Ye covers an area of nearly 480 km² (192 mi²), and an average elevation of 7124 m (-19576 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Tël-jisë Ye was founded durring the early 16th century in summer of the year 1532, by Zlëgëgë. The establishment of Tël-jisë Ye was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Zlëgëgë struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Tël-jisë Ye as a prison colony.

Tël-jisë Ye was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Tël-jisë Ye is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature masoned stone construction which prominantly features pointed arches, pointed ribbed vault cielings, flying buttress', and window tracery all of which share a simmilar gemoetetic patern halfway between organic and inorganic in design formaing a very distinct aesthetically integrated style. BUildings tend to reach for the havens, and more expencive homes are easily identified by their floor count as well as the addition of decorative features intigrated into the building's design such as statues, gargoyals, and embelished joinery.

Tël-jisë Ye is is constructed arround a series of spacious cobblestone mainstreets which form concentric circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to each other at varrious points. The city posesses a fortified albit thin wall of querried stone. This wall posesses most of the features of a castle wall, though it is constructed from cheeper inferior stone. It would pose a minor chalange for an attacking army, though it's clear the wall's true purpose is to crush the hopes of bandits and marauders. Unfortuantly, these failry decent fortifications are in extreem disrepair, so much so that one cannot tell if they are decaying from a lack of mantance or damage incured.

The city shows nothing out of the ordinary, at first glance. Then you start to notice all the small things. Each window has seven iron nails pounded into the sill. Every door has a sprig of holly overhead. Every well is branded with purity seals and runes to ward the contents. Everyone is carrying a small charm for safety or fortune, be it a rabbit’s foot, a horseshoe, or other little totems.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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.

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

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

Tël-jisë 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. Tël-jisë Ye's grid is powered by an arcane means.

Tël-jisë Ye's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

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

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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 Tël-jisë Ye's natural decorations nor waterways.

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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.

Tël-jisë 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

Tël-jisë Ye's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known for its buildings being predominantly formed through the combination of basic geometric shapes. However, it shown in the detailing given to the structures such as its characteristic tall columns, intricate detail, symmetry, harmony, and balance in their designs to an astonishing degree of precision. Decorative elements for the buildings tended to be built into the structure itself, making great use of fluting, frescoes, inlays, and embossing.

Due to the actions of local Kami, spring is skipped in Tël-jisë Ye.

The Wolf, Dire near Tël-jisë Ye are known to be more aggressive than normal.

Tël-jisë Ye's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Conjuration energies of tier 1 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.

Tël-jisë Ye Census Data: Year 2000

43645 of Tël-jisë Ye's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 2326 work in Agriculture
• 9629 work as Craftsmen
• 3583 work as Merchants
• 6708 work as Service Workers
• 4470 work as General Laborers
• 1788 work as Skilled Laborers
• 6575 work as Civil Servants
• 3845 work in Cottage Industries
• 2463 work as Artists
• 2258 work in Produce Industries

61187 of Tël-jisë Ye's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 9115 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

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

POI

History

The the a mace of Abjuration, an a mace imbued with great amounts of Abjuration energies was created in Tël-jisë Ye by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century.

History