Saltroost clings to a wind-swept island ringed by reefs and sea-worn quays, half harbor-side cottages and half slipyards and saltworks, where cries of gulls punctuate the calls of merchants and fishermen, and alleys hide both honest trade and shadowed deals.
Where gulls trade secrets for coin.
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Mayor
A compact woman with salt-gray hair and a wary smile who balances public duty and private compromises.
Harbormaster
A slender man with weathered features who knows every boat and every crew by sight.
High Priestess of the Church of Tides
Ritual tattoos and a voice like ocean wind mark this calm and watchful woman.
Master Shipwright
Broad-shouldered with singed beard and hands callused from decades of caulking.
Smuggler
A quick-footed woman with ink-stained fingers and a grin for risky bargains.
Archivist and Scholar
Willowy and pale, he moves like a thought and smells faintly of seaweed ink.
General Goods
A cramped shop stacked with barrels and nets that serves fishermen and apprentices.
Clothing and Gear
A narrow loft that sells practical garments and custom fittings for captains.
Herbalist
Shelves of jarred herbs and jars labelled in faint, looping script fill this fragrant shop.
Fisherfolk, journeymen, and visiting sailors.
A rambunctious harbor tavern with low tables and higher tempers when coin runs low.
Captains, merchants, and the occasional scholar.
A quieter inn for captains and scholars with private rooms and better ale.
Guild
A pragmatic guild of boat owners and net-menders who lobby the council and organize seasonal hauls.
Criminal Organization
A loose network of captains and runners who value discretion and shared profits over law.
Merchant Consortium
Merchants and larger captains who push for infrastructure improvements and steady customs income.
A glittering shoal of sharp, translucent stones that wreck unwary hulls and glows faintly at certain tides.
A toppled lighthouse half-buried in kelp that is still used for secret signals by those who know its stones.
A ring of deep pools where locals claim the water echoes words spoken over it at low tide.
A bronze bell visible at low tide that is said to toll unseen when a ship is truly lost.
A network of tidal caverns beneath the Glass Reef stores contraband and shelter for smugglers.
The Temple of Tides' main idol conceals a brass chart leading to a partially submerged ruin.
Mayor Raina keeps an off-book ledger documenting secret levies and who benefits from them.
Shoal of Secrets
Recover cargo from a wreck while deciding whether to expose the smuggling ring revealed by its manifests.
Relight the Beacon
A faction wants to relight the old beacon to aid navigation, but doing so risks drawing ships onto the Glass Reef.
The Drowned Map
Follow clues from the temple idol to find a partially submerged ruin rumored to hold an ancient tide-engine.
Shipwright's Justice
Mediate or take sides in a labor dispute over the Corrosion Tax that could spark a strike and halt repairs.
Debt of the Gull
A tavernkeeper asks you to retrieve her missing debt ledger stolen during a brawl before secrets ruin her business.
