Aurecrest is a thriving plains metropolis built around a broad slow river and a central hill crowned by the Sunward Temple, its streets a grid of markets, guildhalls, and wide boulevards, while the surrounding farmlands and caravans feed an appetite for goods, news, and influence from distant realms.
Where river trade meets sunlit ambition.
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Grand Consul and merchant magnate
A shrewd merchant-lord who balances civic duty with private profit.
Captain of the Watch
A disciplined veteran who enforces order with iron resolve.
Archpriest of Sunward
An elder elf who leads rites and mediates civic disputes.
Carters' Guildmaster and archivist
A precise man who knows every wagon route and merchant debt.
Shadow broker
A charismatic smuggler who moves goods and favors through the docks.
General luxury
A luxurious emporium selling imported goods and brokered favors.
Smithy
A noisy smithy producing durable harnesses, plowshares, and wagon parts.
Merchants, caravaners, and council clerks.
A bright tavern near Founders' Square known for sharp ale and safe ledgers.
Artisans, laborers, and occasional secret brokers.
A louder, smoke-filled taproom favored by craftsmen and lower-tier smugglers.
Political and economic
The council of merchant houses that steers Aurecrest's trade policy.
Trade guild
A disciplined guild of wagonwrights and transporters that controls overland freight.
Criminal network
A shadowy syndicate that controls smuggling, protection rackets, and black-market auctions.
Religious-military
A militant brotherhood dedicated to defending the city and the Sunward faith.
A line of glassworks shops where molten furnaces glow through the night.
Old stone steps leading to a ruined beacon with a view of the harvest plains.
A broad market square ringed with stalls and an open-air tribunal dais.
A green public belt of orchards and canal gardens used for festivals and rest.
A Halvors house agent secretly finances a private fleet that undercuts official merchants.
Beneath the Pale Steps lies a sealed shrine that predates the city and holds a dormant weather-binding relic.
Certain river tolls are siphoned to fund the Ember Hand's protection racket.
A ghostly bell tolls at the old beacon on moonless nights.
An admired merchant secretly trades with frontier raiders.
Glassblowers hide a guildmaster's map to an underground spring.
Auction of the Black Sun
Recover a cursed relic slated for auction at the Founders' Market before it unleashes misfortune.
Murders on the Waterway
Track the river pirates sabotaging barges and discover who finances them upstream.
The Watcher's Mole
Expose the Ember Hand's mole within the Watch before a major shipment is stolen.
Run to the Archive
Escort a fragile convoy of scholar-ruled manuscripts to the Grand Archive while evading raiders.
