Yoema-velobo Îè

Yoema-velobo Îè (/joˈema/ /veˈlobo/ [large] [poultry]) is a subtropical Large City located in the Erimymeseri County of the Union of Engineers.

The name Yoema-velobo Îè is derived from the Goblin language, as Yoema-velobo Îè was founded by Zlêreshèj, who was culturaly Iron Elvish.

Climate

Yoema-velobo Îè has a yearly average temperature of 26°C (78°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 24°C (75°F). Yoema-velobo Îè receives an average of 248 cm/y (97 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the summer. Yoema-velobo Îè covers an area of nearly 342 km² (136 mi²), and an average elevation of 2826 m (9271 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Yoema-velobo Îè was founded durring the early 14th century in summer of the year 1326, by Zlêreshèj. The establishment of the new community went well, with no major obsticles durring construction.

Yoema-velobo Îè was built using the conventions of Iron Elvish durring the early 14th century. Naturaly, all settlmentss have their own look to them, and Yoema-velobo Îè is no diffrent. The city'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.

Yoema-velobo Îè is buildings are speckled and packed arround restrictive cobblestone streets with seemingly no patern to them. It appears as if the city's residents simply built streets as they pleased and squeazed buildings in wherever and howeave rpossible, creating an organic, frustrating to navigate, maze of a city. The city is defended by arcane means. It's hard to spot at first, but there's a tell tell shimmer in the air arround Yoema-velobo Îè, and you can spot the ocasional warding glyph carved into a rock or tree all arround town. These mystical defences are ancient, unknowable, and unassailable by current means... Assuming everything is in working order. Otherwise, the wards are little more than a deathtrap. Yoema-velobo Îè's Relic of the World That Was 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè has a very calm atmosphere. People can be seen relaxing, scocilizing, and going about all manner of business other than the daily grind. Men, women, children, all can be seen enjoying life in a laid-back way in the many parks which line Yoema-velobo Îè’s streets.

Civic Infrastructure

Yoema-velobo Îè possesses a city-wide Aethary Link which provides Aethary access anywhere within its metropolitan. This allows citizens who can afford the relevant devices access in their places of work, and rarely homes.

Yoema-velobo Îè has an animal control department which works to enforce local ordinances relating to the control, impoundment, and disposition of animals.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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 Yoema-velobo Îè. They are also responsible for the maintenance of these features. Notably, the OCG is not responsible for Yoema-velobo Îè's parks.

Yoema-velobo Îè has an Office of Civil Vicary, which is responsible for providing a livelyhood for all officialy recognised religious figures within Yoema-velobo Îè.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè has a Guild of Nurses, which is tasked with caring for the elderly and infirm in accordance with local ordinances, religious values, and customs.

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

Yoema-velobo Îè 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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.

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

Yoema-velobo Îè has an Arts Academy which provides higher education in many fields including math, language arts, philosophy, engineering, and other such disciplines.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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 Large City. Yoema-velobo Îè's grid is powered by mana accumulators.

Yoema-velobo Îè possesses an older civil lighting system consisting of street lamps. In spite of the Galvanic Grid, these lights continue to use their old fule sources to provide nighttime illumination to all city streets.

Yoema-velobo Îè has a first rate hospital which caters to anyone in need of long term medical care.

Yoema-velobo Îè has a library, which keeps a large collection of books, scrolls, and archives all manner of physical items. While not open to the public, the librarians and scholars employed by the library will assist anyone with their research needs, and wealthy individuals can purchase membership to access the library's materials themselves. In spite of being generally closed to the public, the library has a room with several Aether Linked devices available to the public during business hours.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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 Yoema-velobo Îè's natural decorations nor waterways.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè is home to a University which provides higher education in a variety of fields, and also serves as a research institute for those same fields.

Cultural Notes

Yoema-velobo Îè has a long tradition of martial expertise. This may be a crisply-organized history of skilled native levies, or it may be a natural belligerence in the people that leaves them familiar with bloodshed. While their neighbors and liege doubtless respect their talents, this very aptitude might make them more willing to turn to steel than prudence would advise.

Yoema-velobo Îè's town hall was built using a different architectural style from the rest of the town. The style used is characterized by towering round arches, massive stone and brickwork, small windows, thick walls, and a propensity for housing art and sculpture depicting mythological scenes. The building's general shape would be a clever and ascetic combination of geometric shapes, which would be blended together by joining elements. The style's decorative features were largely internal rather than external and incorporated semicircular arches for windows, doors, and arcades; barrel or groin vaults to support the roof of the nave; massive piers and walls, with few windows, to contain the outward thrust of the vaults; side aisles with galleries above them..

In Yoema-velobo Îè there is always just enough rain to be annoying.

The Satyr near Yoema-velobo Îè are known to be quite timid.

Yoema-velobo Îè's citizens partake in a curious ritual relating to their local kami. It takes place in summer and involves orgies to channel Charm energies of tier 1 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.

Yoema-velobo Îè Census Data: Year 2000

30746 of Yoema-velobo Îè's population work within a Foundational Occupation.

• 1684 work in Agriculture
• 6934 work as Craftsmen
• 2443 work as Merchants
• 4664 work as Service Workers
• 3218 work as General Laborers
• 1239 work as Skilled Laborers
• 4564 work as Civil Servants
• 2736 work in Cottage Industries
• 1653 work as Artists
• 1611 work in Produce Industries

43318 of Yoema-velobo Îè's population do not work in a formal occupation, but do contribute to the local economy. 6440 (8%) are noncontributers.

Points of Interest

Yoema-velobo Îè is accessed from a nearby river via an intricate series of locks.

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History

In time immemorial, reportedly some time during the late 2nd century the Kami spared the town from the rampage of a legendary monster. One of Yoema-velobo Îè's local festivals commemorates this miracle.

History