Plague Saint Sewers
The dead do not rest where the city flushes its sins.
Beneath the city lies a drowned maze of brick drains, forgotten service chambers, and a buried shrine to a saint of purification. The place has become a feeding ground for the dead, who rise from the sludge and stalk the narrow passages as if they still served some ancient duty.
The sewer tunnels are cold, wet, and reeking of old filth, rust, and sweet rot. Dripping water echoes through brick channels, pale corpse-lights flicker in clogged grates, and the walls sweat grime that seems to move when nobody stares long enough.
☠ Threat
A drowned corpse-priest, once the keeper of the cleansing rites, has risen in the deepest vault and is rallying the plague dead into a single host. It feeds on burial magic, stirs rot in the pipes, and sends lesser undead through the tunnels to stop anyone who might restore the old seals.
History
When plague swept the city, the ash-priests built these sewers wider than needed so carts of lime, corpses, and runoff could pass below the streets. They raised two shrines to a river saint, hoping to cleanse the sickness at its source, but the lower vaults flooded before the rites were complete. The dead were never fully laid to rest, and the sealed chambers below were forgotten until the city heard them knocking back.
Encounter Table
CRA slick pair of bones hauling themselves along the walls with iron hooks.
A bloated corpse carrying a gutter lantern, still trying to patrol its old route.
A cluster of corpse-fed rats that move as one writhing mass over pipes and rubble.
Rumours & Whispers
People say the sewer saint still answers prayers, but only if the caller is already half dead.
A night watchman swore he saw a procession of dripping priests marching under the market.
Children dare each other to drop coins into a drain that has started singing back.
The city baker claims the rats down below are carrying tiny bones in their mouths.
Quest Hooks
Quest giver: Captain Elira Dane
The city watch asks the party to investigate why the sewer gates are opening on their own and why bodies dumped below keep vanishing.
35 gold each and legal favor with the watch
Quest giver: Sister Maera of the Lantern Chapel
A temple scholar believes one of the shrines below contains the missing second half of a purification rite needed to end a local haunting.
A blessing, healing services, and 50 gold
Quest giver: Mina Voss, miller's wife
A desperate miller says her child followed a pale voice into the storm drains and has not returned.
20 gold and a family heirloom charm
Corridor Notes
Broken drainage channels run along the floor, forcing careful footing around slick drops into black water.
Chains hang from the ceiling to hold back collapsed sections, and several are wrapped with faded funeral ribbons.
A narrow maintenance crawlspace breathes foul air and occasionally carries a whispering voice from deeper in the sewer.
Rat gnaw marks and scratch trails stop abruptly at a line of chalky salt laid across the corridor.
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