Thëm-yeqêe Bî

Thëm-yeqêe Bî (/ˈseni/ /jeˈqɘe/ [vicious; wild] [butt]) is a temperate Large Town located in Dragonlyn Dutchy, Pifîkèli Provence, within the Dalandic Empire.

The name Thëm-yeqêe Bî is derived from the Iron Elvish language, as Thëm-yeqêe Bî was founded by Breleli Trêgfê, who was culturaly Iron Elven.

Climate

Thëm-yeqêe Bî has a yearly average temperature of 25°C (77°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a blistering 34°C (93°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 16°C (60°F). Thëm-yeqêe Bî receives an average of 242 cm/y (95 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Thëm-yeqêe Bî covers an area of nearly 7 km² (2 mi²), and an average elevation of 2122 m (6961 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Thëm-yeqêe Bî was founded durring the late 18th century in late summer of the year 1768, by Breleli Trêgfê. The establishment of Thëm-yeqêe Bî was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Breleli Trêgfê electing to pay people to resettle in Thëm-yeqêe Bî.

Thëm-yeqêe Bî was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 18th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Thëm-yeqêe Bî is no diffrent. The town'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.

Thëm-yeqêe Bî is is constructed arround a series of spacious paverstone mainstreets which form overlapping circles, with smaller strait roads linking the circiles to eachother at varrious points. The town 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. The town's failry decent 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.

Thëm-yeqêe Bî has the unmistakable air of a town on its last legs. Everything is a bit slipshod and ramshackle. Everyone is at work, or drinking. No one has anything in their eyes other than fear and despair. Thëm-yeqêe Bî ’s existence was once fed by scholarly pursuits. But the income once drawn in by the works of scribes and academics has dried up and the town is drifting down the stream of history as it dries up. Everywhere about the town one can see abandoned schools, libraries, and other academic structures. Locals can be overheard having academic discussions, as well as talking about scholarly subjects in general. It’s quite clear the town places a lot of value on education and being a learned individual. Even in these times.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

Thëm-yeqêe 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.

Thëm-yeqêe 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.

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

Thëm-yeqêe Bî possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Thëm-yeqêe 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 Thëm-yeqêe Bî's natural decorations nor waterways.

Thëm-yeqêe Bî 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.

Thëm-yeqêe 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.

Thëm-yeqêe 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

Thëm-yeqêe Bî's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is known primarily for its use of abstraction and simplicity. Clean lines, right angles, and primary colors characterized this aesthetic and art movement expressed via architecture and paintings. Its design ethos allows only primary colors and non-colors, only squares and rectangles, only straight and horizontal or vertical lines. Vertical and horizontal lines are positioned in layers or planes that do not intersect, thereby allowing each element to exist independently and unobstructed by other elements. These seemingly impossible principals for an architectural style coalesces into structures which most experts find hard to put into words. It is not that their geometry is impossible, but rather the style's attempt at producing works only describable visually was most successful..

In Thëm-yeqêe Bî every night at precisely midnight every structure in town is engulfed by sailors fire until the end of the witching hour.

The Caypup near Thëm-yeqêe Bî are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Thëm-yeqêe Bî's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves consuming a local narcotic to channel Transmutation energies of tier 2 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.

Thëm-yeqêe Bî Census Data: Year 2000

533 of Thëm-yeqêe Bî's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 31 work in Agriculture
• 122 work as Craftsmen
• 44 work as Merchants
• 87 work as Service Workers
• 53 work as General Laborers
• 19 work as Skilled Laborers
• 78 work as Civil Servants
• 46 work in Cottage Industries
• 25 work as Artists
• 28 work in Produce Industries

1021 of Thëm-yeqêe Bî's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 116 (7%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Thëm-yeqêe Bî has been cursed with some blight that makes life difficult, albeit not impossible. An offended sorcerer's vengeful Working, an outraged god's wrath, a local distortion of the Legacy, or a simple history of bad feng shui in the area may have brought the curse about. I(devise not only the curse, but the reason why the locals haven't left for better lands).

Thëm-yeqêe Bî is known for its unusual rock formations.

POI

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century the Kami spared the town a natural disaster. One of Thëm-yeqêe Bî's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History