A crescent city built into cliffs and piers where wealthy merchants live above and fishermen below, threaded by canals and rope bridges that creak with tides and gossip.
Where sea-mist hides long memories and gulls whisper rumors.
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Harbor Warden
A sleek woman in weathered blue, always with a map-stained cloak and a ring of foreign seals.
Chief Inspector of Cargo
A broad-shouldered man with ink-stained fingers and a laugh that asks for coin.
Skiff captain
Lean and quick, with a weathered tricorn and eyes like tide-pools.
Master Shipwright
Stocky and soot-streaked, her hands forever smell of tar and oak.
Tidal Priestess
Long hair like kelp and a voice that rises on the wind, she blesses nets and sailors.
Brokerage and appraisals
A cramped office of shelves and slips where deals are inked and secrets are stored.
Shipwright supply
A loud, saw-dust smelling depot where ship components are measured and fitted.
Sailors, dockhands, petty traders, and rumor-hungry merchants
A noisy dockside tavern with low ceilings, sea-salt stew, and a noticeboard for work.
Merchant Consortium
A wealth-driven company that funds expeditions and lobbies councilors for tariff favors.
Seafarers' Guild
A scrappy coalition of independent skippers who control marsh routes and local rumor networks.
Dockworkers Union
Toughened laborers who strike the harbor when pushed, wielding influence over loading schedules.
A maze of old piers favored by clandestine deals and lovers' meetings.
Crystalline terraces where workers harvest salt under sun and lanterns.
A partially submerged library of shipping manifests and sea-lore with waterlogged tomes.
Narrow, reed-lined waterways used by smugglers and furtive fishermen.
A sealed cave under the old lighthouse holds an altar to an ancient sea demon.
Gilded Dawn pays off the Harbor Warden for exclusive tariffs using coded shipments.
The Missing Crew of the White Harrow
Investigate a vessel that arrived with no crew and letters referencing a shadow pact at sea.
Smugglers in the Marsh
Break up a smuggling ring using marsh channels and retrieve a stolen relic before it's shipped away.
Blessing or Bane?
Determine whether the foreign relic at the Tide's Blessing festival will bring prosperity or provoke a storm-god.
Strike at the Slipways
Mediate a conflict between shipwrights and dockworkers before a crippling strike halts all trade.
