City: Vëdê-kêba Sêdè

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè
Example Iron Elf architecture.

State	Engineer's Guild
Provence	Rëfiithe Zone
Region	Gisoqopuki Moorland
Founded	1452
Community Leader	Lord Êyëmèj
Area	41 km² (16 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	22°C (71°F)
Average Elevation	5052 m (16574 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	278 cm/y (109 in/y)
Population	9711
Population Density	236 people per km² (606 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Illusion
Naming
Native name	Vëdê-kêba Sêdè
Pronunciation	/ˈvëdɘ/ /ˈkɘba/
Direct Translation	[empty; vacant; tired (needing rest)] [band (musical group)]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè (/ˈvëdɘ/ /ˈkɘba/ [empty; vacant; tired (needing rest)] [band (musical group)]) is a temperate City located in the Rëfiithe Zone of the Engineer's Guild.

The name Vëdê-kêba Sêdè is derived from the Sylvin language, as Vëdê-kêba Sêdè was founded by Zeg̈nkê, who was culturaly Iron Elf.

Climate

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè has a yearly average temperature of 22°C (71°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool 20°C (68°F). Vëdê-kêba Sêdè receives an average of 278 cm/y (109 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Vëdê-kêba Sêdè covers an area of nearly 41 km² (16 mi²), and an average elevation of 5052 m (16574 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè was founded durring the late 15th century in summer of the year 1452, by Zeg̈nkê. The establishment of Vëdê-kêba Sêdè suffered from many setbacks, delays, and obsticles, most notably a group of Vëdê-kêba Sêdè which required millitary assistance exterminate before the community could finish being built.

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè was built using the conventions of Iron Elf durring the late 15th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vëdê-kêba Sêdè 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.

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè is buildings are arranged arround a network of narrow paverstone streets which form a diagonal shaped grid, where each square verries in size given the proximity of the paralell streets forming each section. The ocasional smaller square has been used to construct a park, plaza, and other communal structures. The city is the proud owner of a proper castle-style stone wall complete with all of the trimmings. It has towers, a moat, gatehouses, drawbridges, and even merticulationsshortsizeleadershipname.. The city's perhapse unnessisarily well built defences are visibly old, but also obviously maintained semi-regularly. Its likly the local malishia or garrison are tasked with ocasional mantance of the citys defences.

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè is not quite well. Something happened here, perhapse recently, perhapse long ago. Whatever it was, it settled into the very soul of the city like a festering wound. The people go about their day well enough, but there’s a tention in the air you can cut with a knife. You get the terrible feeling that whatever it was, the wound it left will simply never heal. This city is as a necropolice.

Civic Infrastructure

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

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

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

Vëdê-kêba 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.

Vëdê-kêba 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.

Vëdê-kêba 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.

Vëdê-kêba 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.

Vëdê-kêba 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.

Vëdê-kêba 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.

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

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè has an Administrative Academy which trains individuals in the administrative arts.

Vëdê-kêba 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 City. Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's grid is powered by a boiler and turbine based power plant.

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's old civil lighting system was converted to Galvanic Lamps recently, and expanded to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Vëdê-kêba 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 Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Vëdê-kêba 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.

Vëdê-kêba 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.

Vëdê-kêba 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

The locals are in a state of despair and dull apathy. They've lost the things that used to give them pride and hope, with the best among them carrying on out of habitual duty and the worst giving ready hands to shameful deeds and ignoble acts. No one really believes the future can be better, and most seek only to satisfy immediate appetites.

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's mayor's house was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is best known for its striking sculptural forms and often dazzling ornamental detail that characterizes the buildings general shape. The radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes employed by this style were backed up by rich decorative features including gardens, courtyards, extruded arches, domes, pointed domes, vaulted ceilings, elaborate painted and inlaid designs, and decorative sculptures.

The Achaierai near Vëdê-kêba Sêdè are known to be almost tame, such that they can be put to domestic use.

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in autumn and involves consuming a local toxin to channel Augury energies of tier 2 via speaking in tongues.

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: 18
Farmers: 28
Farm Laborer: 51
Hunters: 30
Milk Maids: 23
Ranchers: 12
Ranch Hands: 28
Shepherds: 26

Farmland: 39426 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 2427
Poultry: 29133
Swine: 1942
Sheep: 97
Goats: 19
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 971

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 21
Blacksmiths: 22
Bookbinders: 12
Buckle-makers: 13
Cabinetmakers: 20
Candlemakers: 34
Carpenters: 35
Clothmakers: 24
Coach and Harness Makers: 10
Coopers: 24
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 13
Copyists: 9
Cutlers: 8
Fabricworkers: 20
Farrier: 71
Furriers: 6
Glassworkers: 33
Gunsmiths: 21
Harness-Makers: 9
Hatters: 18
Hosiery Workers: 7
Jewelers: 11
Leatherwrights: 24
Locksmiths: 10
Matchstick makers: 14
Musical Instrument Makers: 14
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 12
Paper Workers: 14
Plasterers: 12
Pursemakers: 16
Roofers: 10
Ropemakers: 10
Rugmakers: 9
Saddlers: 16
Scabbardmakers: 20
Scalemakers: 9
Scientific, Surgical, and Optical Instrument Makers: 6
Sculptors, Structures and Fixtures: 9
Shoemakers: 8
Soap and Tallow Workers: 35
Tailors: 62
Tanners: 12
Upholsterers: 13
Watchmakers: 12
Weavers: 28
Whitesmiths: 7

Merchants

Adventuring Goods Retellers: 6
Arcana Sellers: 6
Beer-Sellers: 12
Booksellers: 14
Butchers: 26
Chandlers: 26
Chicken Butchers: 26
Entrepreneurs: 10
Fine Clothiers: 23
Fishmongers: 26
Florists: 5
Potion Sellers: 16
Resellers: 46
Spice Merchants: 12
Wine-sellers: 20
Wheelwright: 14
Woodsellers: 9

Service workers

Bakers: 64
Barbers: 47
Coachmen: 13
Cooks: 46
Doctors: 19
Gamekeepers: 15
Grooms: 8
Hairdressers: 31
Healers: 25
Housekeepers: 28
Housemaids: 60
House Stewards: 26
Inns: 9
Laundry maids: 17
Maidservants: 31
Nursery Maids: 17
Pastrycooks: 34
Restaurateur: 44
Tavern Keepers: 37

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 13
Bleachers: 9
Chemical Workers: 5
Coal Heavers: 19
In-Town Couriers: 23
Long Haul Couriers: 23
Dockyard Workers: 20
Gas Workers: 4
Hay Merchants: 8
Leech Collectors: 25
Millers: 22
Miners: 22
Oilmen and Polishers: 15
Postmen: 22
Pure Finder: 12
Skinners: 28
Sugar Refiners: 5
Tosher: 15
Warehousemen: 34
Watercarriers: 20
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 28

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 12
Alchemist: 14
Clerk: 19
Dentists: 9
Educators: 29
Engineers: 13
Gardeners: 10
Mages: 7
Plumbers: 10
Pharmacist: 11
Professors: 4
Scientists: 7
Wizards: 4

Civil Servants

Adventurers: 9
Bankers: 12
Civil Clerks: 23
Civic Iudex: 11
Consultants: 6
Exorcist: 21
Fixers: 11
Kami Clerk: 18
Landlords: 19
Lawyers: 11
Legend Keepers: 16
Militia Officers: 60
Monks, Monastic: 27
Monks, Civic: 30
Historian, Oral: 22
Historian, Textual: 11
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 21
Priests: 42
Rangers: 12
Rat Catchers: 14
Scholars: 15
Spiritualist: 17
Slayers: 5
Storytellers: 38
Military Officers: 33

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 24
Comfort Services: 37
Enchanters: 10
Herbalists: 10
Jaminators: 33
Needleworkers: 30
Potters: 15
Preserve Makers: 27
Quilters: 14
Seamsters: 53
Spinners: 27
Tinker: 10
Weaver: 26

Artists

Actors: 9
Architects: 3
Bards: 15
Costumers: 5
Dancers: 12
Drafters: 6
Engravers: 8
Fine Furniture Carpenters: 4
Glaziers: 10
Inlayers: 9
Musicians: 31
Painters, Art: 5
Playwrights: 10
Sculptors, Art: 8
Wood Carvers: 35
Writers: 31

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 35
Canners: 32
Cheesmakers: 33
Ice Merchants: 4
Millers: 21
Picklers: 15
Smokers: 11
Stockmakers: 11
Tobacconists: 14
Tallowmakers: 23

3630 of Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

5499 of Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 582 (6%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Vëdê-kêba Sêdè has a substantial mill pond located a short distance from town.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century, Vëdê-kêba Sêdè was attacked by a slaver gang capable of fielding large forces. The details of the conflict are hazy at best due to many conflicting accounts. What is known is Vëdê-kêba Sêdè lost 243 people, 267 livestock, and 44 buildings. The conflict ended after roughly 145, when members of Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's militia enacted an operation to locate a particular mine. The operation was complicated by the army being put into a position where they could only choose between two terrible options. The conflict ended with an assault and siege on the mine, which ended in a crushing defeat for Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's forces. The war is remembered in legend by Vëdê-kêba Sêdè's bards, historians, and legend keepers.