Aurimere Spire is a wealthy coastal magocracy built around a towering enchanted spire that channels ley currents into the city, creating a skyline of floating barges and warded bridges, and attracting merchants, scholars, and political exiles who chase power and patronage.
Where sea salt and spellcraft trade favors with King's coin.
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Archmagister
Aged forty-eight with silver-streaked hair and a reputation for neutralizing threats with a smile.
Master Cartographer and Gatewright
A thin man with ink-stained hands and a pair of spectacles that hum faintly.
Captain of the Aurimere Guard Fleet
Broad-shouldered with a faint scar across her chin and an ever-present spyglass.
High Inquisitor
Stooped, with hawk eyes and a ledger full of names in his hand.
Merchant-Prince of the Salt Consortium
Always cloaked in sea-green silks and surrounded by attentive clerks.
Information broker
Small, quick-fingered, and always-smelling faintly of ink and seawater.
Arcane Emporium and Scriptorium
A marble-fronted shop beneath a levitating sign where scribes and magisters broker enchantments and secrets.
Shipwright and Runesmith
A broad yard of cranes, runes, and hammering where rune-smiths and carpenters shape vessels both mundane and enchanted.
Scribes, petty captains, and those who sell secrets
A writer's tavern that doubles as an information market near the docks.
Sailors, mercenaries, and freelance mages for hire
A rougher seafarers' house where captains bargain and crews gamble under warded ceilings.
Ruling magister cabal
An elite body of magisters balancing scholarly prestige with political patronage.
Merchant coalition
A trade-focused bloc that funds fleets and exerts civic pressure through commerce.
Information syndicate
A loose web of informants, ledger-sellers, and blackmailers centered in the docks.
An enormous arcanist gate at the harbor mouth that opens on tide and is rumored to rest on an ancient pact.
A floating bazaar of glassed stalls selling enchanted trinkets and imported curiosities.
A low square that floods twice daily, where merchants trade across small boats and perform offerings to tide-spirits.
A narrow lane of cramped scriptoriums where secrets are copied, edited, and occasionally forged.
The Spire's foundation hides a bound sea-elemental whose pulse powers the city's wards.
Ilmar Kest secretly sells precise gate schematics to Aurimere's rival port for coin and favors.
A hidden portal beneath the Drowned Plaza links to a forgotten cult's tide-temple.
The Bound Tide
Discover whether the Spire's foundation elemental should be freed, kept bound for protection, or exploited for profit while dealing with competing factions.
Auction of Ashes
A forged ledger sold at the Ledger Night Auction must be replaced with a real copy before it alters a naval treaty.
Ghosts of Keel Seven
Investigate the mysterious sinking of cargo ships at Keel 7 Wharf and confront whoever reconfigured the wards to cause disaster.
The Tide-Temple Below
Explore the hidden portal under the Drowned Plaza and stop a cult attempting to reclaim an ancient tide-spirit.
Brass and Bargain
Help Bran Meryn stop illegal retrofits siphoning crew from the city fleet while negotiating with the Salt Consortium.
