Crossmire sits at three worn roads and a ferry landing where travelers pause, trade tales, or disappear into the fog; its lanterns burn long and its church bell tolls without hands, drawing both the living and the restless dead into an uneasy coexistence.
A crossroads village where fog remembers the dead.
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Reeve
A scarred woman who carries a carved lantern and enforces rules with quiet authority.
Ferrymaster
A lean man with oil-stained hands and a weathered boat.
Hermit seer
Lives in a mossed hut and stitches spectral maps by moonlight.
Curate
A thin cleric with ink-stained hands and hollow eyes.
Herbalist and charm-seller
Small, quick-fingered, with pouches of dried herbs and bone trinkets.
Herbal apothecary and charm stall
A smoky stall full of herbs, bones, and whispered recipes loved by locals and travelers.
General store and ferry supplies
A cluttered lean-to by the landing that smells of brine and smoke.
Travelers, ferrymen, militia, and mournful locals
A low-ceilinged inn where lamplight fights the fog and patrons trade uneasy tales.
Militia
A pragmatic militia of locals led by the reeve's kin who patrol dusk and dawn.
Loose guild
A semi-official group of boatmen and packers that profit from passage and secrecy.
Religious cult
A fervent collective mixing old rites and barter to maintain delicate peace with the restless.
A lichen-covered marker where wishes said aloud sometimes echo with voices not one's own.
Wooden planks slick with river mist where travelers exchange secrets and small fortunes.
A sunken burial plot with half-sunken stones and soft murmurs that rise with the fog.
A broken place of worship where the earth still smells faintly of incense and iron.
The bell is linked to an old ledger buried beneath the chapel.
A small tomb-cult receives bodies via the ferry in exchange for protection charms.
Some village charms are bound with a grave-root that ages the user's shadow.
The Bell's Ledger
Find the missing ledger under St. Wren's and learn why the bell tolls before the village falls into deeper unrest.
Ferry of Night Freight
Intercept a secret shipment on the river and uncover what the Ferryman's Fold traffics in at dawn.
The Returning Lanterns
Trace why lanterns return with foreign cloth and resolve whether the river carries souls or smugglers.
Peatfire and the Rune Box
Open the rune box found after the peat fire and deal with the unleashed wisp bound within.
