Small Town: Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê
Example Iron Elven architecture.

State	Union of Engineers
Provence	Vêshëcehê Zone
Region	Lutoguqo Holt
Founded	970
Community Leader	City Manager Tsèsil Èqtênh
Area	3 km² (1 mi²)
Average Yearly Temp	26°C (78°F)
Average Elevation	1186 m (3891 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation	220 cm/y (86 in/y)
Population	920
Population Density	306 people per km² (920 people per mi²)
Town Aura	Mysticism
Naming
Native name	Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê
Pronunciation	/ˈvɪbo/ /tɘˈqafɪ/
Direct Translation	[cool (slightly cold)] [anxiety]
Translation	[Not Yet Translated]

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê (/ˈvɪbo/ /tɘˈqafɪ/ [cool (slightly cold)] [anxiety]) is a temperate Small Town located in the Vêshëcehê Zone of the Union of Engineers.

Climate

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a warm 28°C (82°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a pleasant 24°C (75°F). Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê receives an average of 220 cm/y (86 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê covers an area of nearly 3 km² (1 mi²), and an average elevation of 1186 m (3891 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê was founded durring the late 11th century, by Trêthêbre Glkdsênhê Glëkado. The establishment of Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê was plagued by a lack of willing colonists. After attempts to pay people to resettle failed Trêthêbre Glkdsênhê Glëkado struck deals with nearby nations and communities to establish Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê as a prison colony.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê was built using the conventions of Iron Elven durring the late 11th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê is no diffrent. The town'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.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê is buildings are arranged arround a network of spacious cobblestone streets which form a 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 town sits behind a stone-renforced palisade wall, with stone gatehouses and timber drawbridges for their trench. The town's would-be-castle fortifications have recently undergone extensive repairs and renovations, such that the repairwork is imeadiently apparent and can be spotted due to the diffring ages of materials. One can't help but wonder what brought the need for those repairs to the town.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê seems to be abandoned at first. There are people present, working their trades and going about their business like any community, it’s just they are absurdly quiet. Just as you start to think there might be trouble, you see most of them are smiling, quietly exchanging words with a friend, or simply enjoying the day as they work. It reminds you of an evening at home as everyone dined, having run out of things to talk about and embraced the savory meal before them.

Civic Infrastructure

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê 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.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê has a Department of Firefighters, which is responsible for organizing fire fighting efforts during a fire and enforcing local ordinances relating to fire safety.

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

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. These lights provide nighttime illumination to most city streets.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê has a Parks and Recreation Department, which is responsible for the construction, management, and usage rights for all of its parks and parklands.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê 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

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê's garrison was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. Architectural characteristics include balustrades, balconies, columns, cornices, pilasters, and triangular pediments. Stone exteriors are massive and grandiose in their symmetry; interiors are typically polished and lavishly decorated with sculptures, swags, medallions, flowers, and shields. Interiors will often have a grand stairway and opulent ballroom..

The Dallo near Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê are known to be a mutant strain of the creature.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves performance art to channel Enchantment energies of tier 1 via chanting.

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: 1
Farmers: 2
Farm Laborer: 8
Hunters: 3
Milk Maids: 2
Ranchers: 1
Ranch Hands: 2
Shepherds: 2

Farmland: 3707 m²
Cattle and Similar Creatures: 230
Poultry: 2760
Swine: 184
Sheep: 9
Goats: 1
Horses, Mounts, and Beasts of Burden: 92

Craftsmen

Arms and Toolmakers: 1
Blacksmiths: 2
Bookbinders: 1
Buckle-makers: 1
Cabinetmakers: 2
Candlemakers: 3
Carpenters: 2
Clothmakers: 2
Coopers: 2
Copper, Brass, Tin, Zinc, and Lead Workers: 1
Fabricworkers: 2
Farrier: 4
Glassworkers: 3
Gunsmiths: 2
Hatters: 1
Jewelers: 1
Leatherwrights: 2
Matchstick makers: 1
Musical Instrument Makers: 1
Painters, Structures and Fixtures: 1
Paper Workers: 1
Plasterers: 1
Pursemakers: 1
Saddlers: 1
Scabbardmakers: 2
Soap and Tallow Workers: 3
Tailors: 5
Tanners: 1
Upholsterers: 1
Watchmakers: 1
Weavers: 2

Merchants

Beer-Sellers: 1
Booksellers: 1
Butchers: 2
Chandlers: 2
Chicken Butchers: 2
Fine Clothiers: 2
Fishmongers: 2
Potion Sellers: 1
Resellers: 3
Spice Merchants: 1
Wine-sellers: 2
Wheelwright: 1

Service workers

Bakers: 4
Barbers: 3
Coachmen: 1
Cooks: 3
Doctors: 1
Gamekeepers: 1
Hairdressers: 2
Healers: 2
Housekeepers: 2
Housemaids: 5
House Stewards: 2
Laundry maids: 1
Maidservants: 3
Nursery Maids: 1
Pastrycooks: 3
Restaurateur: 4
Tavern Keepers: 3

Specialized Laborer

Ashworkers: 1
Coal Heavers: 1
In-Town Couriers: 2
Long Haul Couriers: 2
Dockyard Workers: 2
Leech Collectors: 2
Millers: 2
Miners: 2
Oilmen and Polishers: 1
Postmen: 2
Pure Finder: 1
Skinners: 2
Tosher: 1
Warehousemen: 3
Watercarriers: 2
Watermen, Bargemen, etc.: 2

Skilled Laborers

Accountants: 1
Alchemist: 1
Clerk: 1
Educators: 2
Engineers: 1
Pharmacist: 1

Civil Servants

Bankers: 1
Civil Clerks: 1
Civic Iudex: 1
Exorcist: 1
Fixers: 1
Kami Clerk: 1
Landlords: 1
Lawyers: 1
Legend Keepers: 1
Militia Officers: 7
Monks, Monastic: 2
Monks, Civic: 2
Historian, Oral: 2
Historian, Textual: 1
Policemen, Sheriffs, etc.: 1
Priests: 4
Rangers: 1
Rat Catchers: 1
Scholars: 1
Spiritualist: 1
Storytellers: 3
Military Officers: 3

Cottage Industries

Brewers: 2
Comfort Services: 3
Enchanters: 1
Herbalists: 1
Jaminators: 3
Needleworkers: 3
Potters: 1
Preserve Makers: 2
Quilters: 1
Seamsters: 5
Spinners: 3
Tinker: 1
Weaver: 2

Artists

Actors: 1
Bards: 1
Dancers: 1
Musicians: 2
Wood Carvers: 2
Writers: 3

Produce Industries

Butter Churners: 3
Canners: 2
Cheesmakers: 3
Millers: 1
Picklers: 1
Smokers: 1
Stockmakers: 1
Tobacconists: 1
Tallowmakers: 2

261 of Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

632 of Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 27 (3%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Many of Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê’s structures date back to the ancient past and a long-vanished culture. They have unique architectural traits, perhaps being made of some strange substance or with uncanny qualities. The locals find them too useful or too durable to destroy, but the buildings often have unpleasant little surprises in their under-explored corners, and there may be greater structures still buried by long ages beneath Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê’s streets.

Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê is known for its odd use of round-a-bouts, small ring roads used in place of intersections.

History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the early 2nd century several years of heavy rains culminated in a peculiar disaster. A great hole opened up beneath Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê, swallowing large sections of the community. Vîbo-têqafî Fêqê lost 278 people, 122 livestock, and 43 buildings in the disaster. This disaster is often refereed to as The Mourning Swallowing.