Saltmarrow is a compact coastal village cradled in a sheltered bay where smokehouses, nets, and a crooked lighthouse cluster around a single stone quay; gulls and gossip travel equally fast here, and every household keeps an eye on the tide for both fish and trouble.
A fishing village where salt and secrets cling to every net.
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Reeve
A sharp-eyed leader who balances stern decisions with a fisher's empathy.
Harbor master
A broad-shouldered captain with a quick temper and a veteran's calm at sea.
Master netweaver
A deft half-elf with callused fingers and a sharp eye for a rotten seam.
Tavernkeeper
A compact coastal gnome with a ready grin and a ledger that knows too many names.
Boatwright
A broad-armed craftsman who can read a keel like a story and hates waste.
Netshop
A narrow stall hung with nets and bundles of twine, perpetually smelling of tar and salt.
Boatyard
A yard of clamps, tar vats, and a low-roofed shed where keels are righted and sealed.
Sailors, smugglers, local craftsmen, and the occasional traveling peddler.
A low-ceilinged tavern lit by jars of captured sea-glow and lined with benches scarred by years of elbow-worn maps.
Seasonal workers, kiln hands, and reeve emissaries.
A sturdier inn with curtained rooms, a long hearth, and a ledger nailed to the wall for lodging disputes.
civic
Volunteer guardians who patrol the quay, collect harbor dues, and enforce harbor law.
criminal
A loose ring of clandestine traders who slip foreign goods past tariffs and send parcels to shadowy patrons.
guild
Guild of craftsmen who maintain nets, mend boats, and set standards for salted goods.
A half-submerged reef of glassy stones that glow under moonlight.
A solitary carved pillar of whale bone where vows are made and debts sworn.
Salt flats that gleam like broken mirrors and collapse into hidden brine pits.
A narrow marsh where phantom lanterns sometimes lead the unwary in circles.
A drowned shrine beneath the pier holds a slumbering sea-wyrm's tether used long ago to calm storms.
The chapel's blue lantern contains a bound spirit that bargains protection for ritual offerings.
A ledger lists highborn patrons across the coast who have accepted illicit salted goods and rare artifacts.
The chapel's lantern hides a bargain struck with a sea spirit.
A noble in Rivensford once traded with Saltmarrow smugglers.
Glass Reef sings if you listen at low tide.
The Pulsing Chest
A sealed chest from a wreck pulses faintly and several factions want its contents.
Bloom in the Bay
Strange white bloom in the bay is killing nets and may be tied to a submerged shrine.
Names in the Ledger
A ledger lists noble names accepting contraband; exposing them risks powerful enemies.
The Lantern's Song
The chapel's lantern stirs at night and fishermen claim it sings directions to a submerged ruin.
