A crossroads town built around a broad stone ford and an open market square, Redway Cross is a hub for merchants, messengers, and mercenaries; inns and stables ring the square while timber-framed houses climb the nearby slope, and a crooked watchtower marks the town's uneasy watch over surrounding roads.
Where three roads meet, stories begin and fortunes are lost.
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Magistrate
Middle-aged, pragmatic, and respected for fair rulings though privately pressured by debts.
Merchant Guildmaster
A round-faced halfling with quick hands and a smile that rarely reaches his eyes.
Captain of the Watch
Scarred veteran with a keen eye for trouble and loose morals where coin is involved.
Fen guide and smuggler
Long-limbed with mud-smeared boots and an easy laugh that disarms customers.
Priest of the Rivermother
Thin, with water-stained robes and hands callused from backbreaking tending of the quay.
General merchant / caravan outfitter
A bustling stallhouse near the market offering essentials for every traveler and wagon master.
Tool and metal goods
A small, tidy shopfront representing Ironmere smiths, stocked with precious iron goods.
Caravaneers, mercenaries, and merchants exchanging news
A roomy inn with a flagged common room, stables, and colorful banners from caravans past.
Economic guild
An organized body of traders led by Tord that determines market rules and credits for caravans.
Criminal ring
Loose network run by Maeve 'Silt' Kear that exploits tidal channels and secret causeways.
Civic order group
A civic-minded group of merchants and ex-soldiers advocating for safer, regulated trade routes.
A sprawling market on the riverbank where traders from four regions exchange goods and gossip.
A duckboard path through the fen used by smugglers and those who know Maeve's favors.
Remnants of the levee broken in the Springbreaker now colonized by wildflowers and climbing ivy.
A narrow lane of small workshops where inexpensive bells and signals are made for wagons and towers.
The town's levee was deliberately weakened decades ago for insurance payouts.
A hidden channel in the ford contains an abandoned shrine to an old road spirit with a sealed relic.
The alderman holds a personal claim on certain eastern caravans, profiteering from toll disputes.
The Missing Bell
The Watchtower's ceremonial bell is stolen ahead of the Bellringing, and the town fears bad omens; players must track thieves through fen paths and decide whether to return the bell or use it to bargain.
Salt in the Silt
A cache of contraband salt links a noble merchant to the Fenward Smugglers, and the Merchant's Guild hires outsiders to recover the goods and expose corruption without igniting open conflict.
The Old Bargain
Brother Emon's secret ritual kept the ford safe for years, but the relic beneath the water has been disturbed, causing strange currents and whispers; discover the relic's origin and decide its fate.
Alderman's Claim
Alderman Brevik attempts to enforce a new tithe; the magistrate asks adventurers to find evidence of his illicit claims or broker a deal to prevent a trade war.
