Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä (/θæ̌/ /lɪ́iː/ [exact; precise] [vest]) is a subtropical City located in the Nō̌gzó̄r Provence of the Hobben.

The name Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä is derived from the Goblin language, as Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä was founded by Selebil Saelheneb Ñaurondur, who was culturaly Goblin.

Climate

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä has a yearly average temperature of 19°C (66°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 11°C (51°F). Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä receives an average of 215 cm/y (84 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the fall. Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä covers an area of nearly 43 km² (17 mi²), and an average elevation of 3368 m (11049 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä was founded durring the late 16th century in summer of the year 1496, by Selebil Saelheneb Ñaurondur. The establishment of Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä was somewhat plagued by a lack of willing colonists, leading to Selebil Saelheneb Ñaurondur electing to pay people to resettle in Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä was built using the conventions of Goblin durring the late 16th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä is no diffrent. The city'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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä is buildings are arranged arround a single crampt canals mainstreet with many smaller streets branching off of it which gives the city a over all rectangular shape, albit one warped and twisted by the nature of the curves of the main road. The city 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. Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's exceptionaly well made fortifications has sufferd soem light damage, reducing its function a little in some spots, but could almsot certainly preform as expected... Though some of the worse spots could lead to the loss of defenders lives if attackers identified the weaknesses ahead of time.

A look around Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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 jsut long enough for it to be uncomfortable.

Civic Infrastructure

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä possesses a Aethary Link for its accademic, government, and financial institutions. Public Aethary access is available through one or more of these intitutions.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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 Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's parks.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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.

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

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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 City. Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. The library is open to the public, including the Aether Link.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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 Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's natural decorations nor waterways.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä 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

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä'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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by dynamic designs and complex architectural plan forms; intended to heighten feelings of motion and sensuality, and frequently based on the oval. It made extensive and extreme use of: Grandeur, Contrast, Curves and twists, Rich surface treatments, Gilded statuary, Bright colors, Vividly painted ceilings, Fragmented or deliberately incomplete elements, Large-scale frescoes, Dramatic central projections on an external facade, the use of plaster, stucco, or marble finishing, Illusory effects such as trompe l’oeil, and pear-shaped domes. While beloved by the nobility, the common folk tended to despise the style due to the massive consumption of resources required for even a small building constructed in this style.

In Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä sometimes, near one of the seasonal solstices, the sun appears to split into three and it rains from a clear sky for several hours.

The Ooze, Hag Eye near Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in winter and involves sacrificing an animal to channel Charm energies of tier 2 via throat singing.

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.

Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä Census Data: Year 2000

3829 of Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 200 work in Agriculture
• 857 work as Craftsmen
• 306 work as Merchants
• 577 work as Service Workers
• 391 work as General Laborers
• 154 work as Skilled Laborers
• 575 work as Civil Servants
• 359 work in Cottage Industries
• 207 work as Artists
• 203 work in Produce Industries

6214 of Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 204 (2%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

The center of Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä's town square was built around an ancient standing stone.

POI

History

The the a short sword of Illusion, an a short sword imbued with notable amounts of Illusion energies was created near Tḩä̌ Líy Ni̋ēkēä by in time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century.

History