A bustling late-1800s European–style city built where three major roads converge, Veldhaven hums with steamworks, factories, and a labyrinth of back alleys where guilds and secret societies trade favors as freely as coal and cloth.
Where iron rails meet cobbled alleys and secrets ride the freight lines.
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Mayor
A bespectacled man in a travel-worn coat who prizes schedules and favors compromise.
Labor Organizer
Scarred knuckles and a clarion voice make her both feared and admired in the yards.
Dockmaster
Muscular and bearded, he carries a ledger and a brass whistle that commands respect.
Captain of Canal Guards
Tall, hawk-eyed, and always smelling faintly of river oil and gunpowder.
Master Tinkerer
Grease-stained goggles and a permanent smear of soot on his sleeve mark his presence.
General goods and freight supplies
A cavernous shop near the terminus stacked with crates, scales, and a constant flow of freightmen.
Oddities and arcane salvage
A cramped, dim storefront lit by an untidy array of brass lamps and glass cases.
rail workers, stevedores, labor organizers, and occasional mercenaries
A smoky, two-story tavern favored by freight crews, clerks, and union organizers.
Craftsmen's Guild
A coalition of tinkerers and machinists who trade knowledge for protection and influence city manufacturing policy.
Industrial Cartel
Wealthy foundry owners who push mechanization and maintain private guards to protect assets.
Secret Society
A discreet group of scholars, ex-soldiers, and merchants who maintain esoteric protections and collect favors.
The geometric heart where three great roads meet and where public proclamations and markets convene.
A narrow lane of shuttered workshops and the site of the Night of the Fallen Chimneys, now scarred and soot-streaked.
A pedestrian iron-and-glass bridge over the canal, lined with artisan stalls and romantic haunts at dusk.
Underground storage vaults beside the canal rumored to hold confiscated relics and illicit cargo.
Ancient warding mesh lies beneath the industrial quarter and is degrading.
A merchant councilor siphons funds into shell companies to buy influence in the capital.
A steam-powered automaton prototype contains a trapped consciousness seeking release.
Embers in the Alley
Investigate a rash of boiler malfunctions that may be sabotage, artisanal fraud, or a failing ward collapsing into reality.
Smuggled Relic
Recover a cursed artifact intercepted at the canal and decide whether to return it to authorities, Hektor Voss, or a secret patron.
The Sleeping Machine
An automaton prototype shows signs of sentience and begs for release, forcing the party to confront competitors who will weaponize it.
Lantern Circle Dossier
A set of leaked documents offers proof the Lantern Circle is manipulating council decisions, and someone wants them quieted.
