Thêzè-këyê Bî

Thêzè-këyê Bî (/ˈθɘzè/ /ˈkëjɘ/ [awesome] [side]) is a subtropical Town located in the Jithêmênë Zone of the Union of Engineers.

The name Thêzè-këyê Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Thêzè-këyê Bî was founded by Berenice Tshê, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Thêzè-këyê Bî has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 29°C (84°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 22°C (71°F). Thêzè-këyê Bî receives an average of 291 cm/y (114 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Thêzè-këyê Bî covers an area of nearly 5 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 7672 m (-17779 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Thêzè-këyê Bî was founded durring the early 16th century in summer of the year 1507, by Berenice Tshê. The establishment of Thêzè-këyê Bî was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Berenice Tshê struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Thêzè-këyê Bî as a prison colony.

Thêzè-këyê Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the early 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Thêzè-këyê 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.

Thêzè-këyê Bî is buildings are arranged arrounded a highly ordered system of crampt worn bedrock streets which form triangular 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 town is the proud owner of a properly designed set of renforced walls made from mighty querried stone blocks. Their construction and material choices would make a dwarf weap with joy, for each and every part of the elaborate fortifications are purly functional and robust well byond reason. Even nonexperts can tell the walls are an excelent defencive structure. The town's exceptionaly well made fortifications are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the towns defences.

The first thing you notice about Thêzè-këyê Bî is the large sign at the entrance welcoming you to their humble town. Children come up to you and say hi, some asking if you’ve fought any big monsters, and others just zipping away after their hello. The adults are much the same. By the time you’ve made it a significant way into the town you’ve been invited to a tavern for a pint to drink in exchange for news of the world. You’ve also had no less than three older women give you a sweetroll and direct your attention to their still unmarried children. It would be creepy if it wasn't so sincere.

Civic Infrastructure

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

Thêzè-këyê 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.

Thêzè-këyê 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.

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

Thêzè-këyê 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. Thêzè-këyê Bî's grid is powered by a direct leyline tap.

Thêzè-këyê Bî's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Thêzè-këyê Bî has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Thêzè-këyê 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.

Cultural Notes

Thêzè-këyê Bî's citizens locals enjoy many vices and lustful appetites. They may have religious sanction for their deeds, or neighbors might trade with them for such things, or they could be followers of some ideology that blesses such pursuits. Their economy or their social organization is usually heavily reliant on such traffic, and to ensure its continuance they may have made bargains with various mortal and immortal powers.

Thêzè-këyê Bî's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is based upon new and innovative technologies of construction and the idea that form should follow function. It was an embrace of minimalism and a rejection of ornament. The style became characterized by an emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation..

In Thêzè-këyê Bî most nights are accompanied by colorful ribbons of light in the sky.

The Serpentfolk near Thêzè-këyê Bî are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Thêzè-këyê Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in spring and involves sex to channel Chronomancy energies of tier 1 via mimery.

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.

Thêzè-këyê Bî Census Data: Year 2000

370 of Thêzè-këyê Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 24 work in Agriculture
• 81 work as Craftsmen
• 29 work as Merchants
• 61 work as Service Workers
• 35 work as General Laborers
• 12 work as Skilled Laborers
• 53 work as Civil Servants
• 35 work in Cottage Industries
• 18 work as Artists
• 22 work in Produce Industries

776 of Thêzè-këyê Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 73 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Thêzè-këyê Bî is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

The the a gorget of Conjuration, an a gorget imbued with notable amounts of Conjuration energies was created in Thêzè-këyê Bî by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History