Large City: Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Daland
Provence	Mèhabicê Provence
Sub Provence	Êpíavathêfê County
Region	Dijlijdrokokvu Shrublands
Founded	1196
Community Leader	Lord Galben
Area	72 km² (28 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	24°C (75°F)
Average Elevation	8448 m (-15233 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	133 cm/y (52 in/y)
Population	17197
Population Density	238 people per km² (614 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Truename Magic
Naming
Native name	Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè
Pronunciation	/ˈθɘqë/ /ˈlɘkɘ/
Direct Translation	[deaf] [garden]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

The name Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè is derived from the Goblin language, as Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè was founded by Ñaurondur, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè has a yearly average temperature of 24°C (75°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 27°C (80°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 21°C (69°F). Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè receives an average of 133 cm/y (52 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè covers an area of nearly 72 km² (28 mi²), and an average elevation of 8448 m (-15233 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè was founded durring the late 13th century in winter of the year 1196, by Ñaurondur. The establishment of Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Ñaurondur struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè as a prison colony.

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 13th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè is no diffrent. The city's buildings feature timber framed wooden shiethed or brick construction, which gives form to a very formalized, rational, expence effishent arcatectural style based on strictly symmetrical designs which universaly feature pitched roofs, shutters, and the occasional column or pilaster for a decorative touch.

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè is buildings are arranged arrounded highly ordered system of broad canals 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 sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's would-be-castle fortifications are suffering from significent damage, so much so that examples can be pointed to no matter which section one might have within their line of site, and most of which render sections inoperable at present.

A look around Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè gives you an uneasy feeling. Everything is just a little too worn down, a little too dirty, or both. No one makes eye contact. Kids play quietly, but happily. Occasionally a passerby glances at you out of the corner of their eye, staring just long enough for it to be uncomfortable. A second look around Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè makes it abundantly clear the city suffered something horrible some time ago. It's as if the town itself is depressed. Smiles are few, cheer is nowhere to be had.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

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

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

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

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè has an Arcane Academy which provides higher education in the arcane sciences.

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

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

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

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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 Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Thêqë-lêkê 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.

Cultural Notes

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's town hall 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..

Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves reenactments to channel Truename Magic energies of tier 1 via recitation of poetic epics.

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: 31
Farmers: 53
Farm Laborer: 78
Hunters: 61
Milk Maids: 45
Ranchers: 24
Ranch Hands: 47
Shepherds: 47

Farmland: 68959 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 4299
Poultry: 51591
Swine: 3439
Sheep: 171
Goats: 34
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 1719

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 35
Blacksmiths: 35
Bookbinders: 21
Buckle-makers: 23
Cabinetmakers: 41
Candlemakers: 52
Carpenters: 54
Clothmakers: 52
Coach and Harness Makers: 17
Coopers: 44
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 24
Copyists: 16
Cutlers: 13
Fabricworkers: 41
Farrier: 79
Furriers: 11
Glassworkers: 59
Gunsmiths: 36
Harness-Makers: 16
Hatters: 35
Hosiery Workers: 12
Jewelers: 19
Leatherwrights: 47
Locksmiths: 17
Matchstick makers: 26
Musical Instrument Makers: 24
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 21
Paper Workers: 24
Plasterers: 23
Pursemakers: 30
Roofers: 18
Ropemakers: 17
Rugmakers: 17
Saddlers: 31
Scabbardmakers: 36
Scalemakers: 18
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 11
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 17
Shoemakers: 16
Soap and Tallow Workers: 52
Tailors: 92
Tanners: 21
Upholsterers: 24
Watchmakers: 24
Weavers: 52
Whitesmiths: 13

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 12
Arcana Sellers: 11
Beer-Sellers: 24
Booksellers: 26
Butchers: 46
Chandlers: 44
Chicken Butchers: 44
Entrepreneurs: 18
Fine Clothiers: 41
Fishmongers: 42
Florists: 10
Potion Sellers: 30
Resellers: 63
Spice Merchants: 23
Wine-sellers: 37
Wheelwright: 26
Woodsellers: 16

Service workers

Bakers: 90
Barbers: 76
Coachmen: 24
Cooks: 74
Doctors: 37
Gamekeepers: 28
Grooms: 14
Hairdressers: 68
Healers: 44
Housekeepers: 46
Housemaids: 114
House Stewards: 49
Inns: 15
Laundry maids: 29
Maidservants: 59
Nursery Maids: 31
Pastrycooks: 61
Restaurateur: 85
Tavern Keepers: 68

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 23
Bleachers: 15
Chemical Workers: 9
Coal Heavers: 35
In-Town Couriers: 40
Long Haul Couriers: 39
Dockyard Workers: 33
Gas Workers: 8
Hay Merchants: 14
Leech Collectors: 42
Millers: 37
Miners: 39
Oilmen and Polishers: 26
Postmen: 35
Pure Finder: 22
Skinners: 49
Sugar Refiners: 9
Tosher: 29
Warehousemen: 57
Watercarriers: 39
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 46

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 21
Alchemist: 25
Clerk: 36
Dentists: 17
Educators: 47
Engineers: 26
Gardeners: 17
Mages: 13
Plumbers: 18
Pharmacist: 21
Professors: 7
Scientists: 12
Wizards: 7

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 16
Bankers: 24
Civil Clerks: 40
Civic Iudex: 19
Consultants: 10
Exorcist: 40
Fixers: 19
Kami Clerk: 35
Landlords: 34
Lawyers: 22
Legend Keepers: 27
Militia Officers: 156
Monks, Monastic: 50
Monks, Civic: 61
Historian, Oral: 38
Historian, Textual: 20
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 38
Priests: 81
Rangers: 21
Rat Catchers: 26
Scholars: 26
Spiritualist: 32
Slayers: 9
Storytellers: 62
Military Officers: 59

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 49
Comfort Services: 68
Enchanters: 18
Herbalists: 18
Jaminators: 50
Needleworkers: 57
Potters: 27
Preserve Makers: 52
Quilters: 24
Seamsters: 95
Spinners: 50
Tinker: 19
Weaver: 42

Artists

Actors: 18
Architects: 6
Bards: 27
Costumers: 10
Dancers: 19
Drafters: 11
Engravers: 13
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 8
Glaziers: 18
Inlayers: 16
Musicians: 55
Painters, Art: 8
Playwrights: 19
Sculptors, Art: 15
Wood Carvers: 61
Writers: 66

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 63
Canners: 49
Cheesmakers: 55
Ice Merchants: 7
Millers: 34
Picklers: 28
Smokers: 22
Stockmakers: 19
Tobacconists: 27
Tallowmakers: 40

6447 of Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

10063 of Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 687 (4%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè was attacked by savage trollss living nearby. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè lost 252 people, 186 livestock, and 67 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 47, when members of Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's militia enacted an operation to defend a particular mage, and ensure they remain out of enemy hands. The operation was complicated by one of the key objectives in the operation requiring sticking to a very strict and short time table. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the strategic location, which ended in a crushing defeat for Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Thêqë-lêkê Sêdè's bards, historians, and legend keepers.