Sahra's Reach clusters around a vast plaza dominated by a thirty-foot statue of the sun-god Azru'el; its narrow streets funnel wind and gossip alike, and colorful awnings offer relief from the light while subterranean cisterns and shade-tunnels keep life possible through the long dry season.
A city of sun-baked stone gathered in the shadow of a god's giant gaze.
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Ceremonial Magistrate
A woman of middle years who wears sun-bleached robes and a necklace carved with the sun-god's sigil.
High Keeper of Azru'el's Temple
A tall woman with sun-scorched hair who speaks with ceremonial calm.
Leader of the Salt-Brokers Guild
Broad-shouldered with a laughing scar and a pack of devoted drivers.
Captain of the Plaza Watch
Compact and severe, with a braided beard and many utility belts.
Merchant and informant
Cool-eyed and nimble-fingered, often seen slipping notes between patrons.
Metalwork and tools
A shaded courtyard workshop where hammer and bellows clatter beneath a bronze sun emblem.
Temple-affiliated provisions and charms
Shelves of simple goods and blessed trinkets sold to pilgrims and cautious caravans.
Caravaneers, guild brokers, temple pilgrims, occasional mercenaries
A cavernous, shaded tavern beneath the lee of the statue where caravaneers swap tales and deals are struck.
Merchant guild
A network of merchants and warehouse owners who set prices and quotas for refined salt.
Security force
The town's mixed militia and watch who patrol streets and guard the plaza.
Information network
A loose group of teahouse clerks, errand runners, and a few acolytes trading whispers for coin.
A stone bench in the statue's shadow where supplicants swear oaths believed to be binding.
Caravan entry gate engraved with ancient toll rates and a jagged old blade from a famous raid.
A network of cool tunnels below the town that stores water and hides refuges and old graffiti.
An open market corner where merchants sing their wares in rhythmic calls to draw crowds.
The statue contains a hidden chamber with a cracked solar relic that glows faintly at night.
A ledger shows Magistrate Hessa funding a private enforcer cell that enacts extra-legal 'tolls'.
A smuggling pipeline uses the cistern tunnels to move illicit ore out under the guise of water shipments.
A Missing Manifest
The Vault of Sands reports a vanished caravan manifest that could expose smugglers or ruin an honest merchant; recovering it requires navigating guild rivalries and the cistern maze.
The Faintly Glowing Relic
Priestess Rima begs adventurers to investigate the statue's secret chamber and the relic inside before rumors spark unrest or thieves try to seize it.
Water and Fire
Evidence of deliberate cistern contamination surfaces and players must decide whether to expose the Magistrate's possible laundering scheme or broker a quiet compromise.
The Star-Fall's Seed
After the star-fall at the Feast, strange seedlings sprout where the meteorite struck and a merchant offers a fortune for samples that may be cursed.
