Marrowhaven perches on a long lake bay, its wealthiest districts on the bluffs and a twisting dock-warren below where lanterns, boat smoke, and thieves' shouts mingle; outside the walls squat tenant farms and huddled artisans whose produce feeds the city.
Where glassy waters mirror gilded mansions and alleys smell of rust and coin.
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Lord-Provost
A silver-haired magistrate who prefers candlelit negotiations and strategic marriages to blunt force.
Fence and information broker
Small and swift, Tah's eyes miss nothing in the crowded alleys and docks.
Harbormaster
A broad-shouldered man with salt-stiffened hair and a ledger never far from hand.
Guildmistress of Oarsmen
A scarred veteran of long river campaigns who can quiet a riot with a single glance.
Master Mason
A compact woman with stone dust permanently embedded in her hands and hair.
Stationer and ledger-maker
A cramped shop near the harbor specializing in materials for merchants and smugglers who prefer discreet accounts.
Blacksmith and ship-forge
A smoky, clangorous forge that supplies both legitimate shipwrights and well-heeled privateers.
Merchant house and clothier
A glittering shop on the bluffs catering to nobles and visiting merchants with an inner courtyard for private viewings.
Sailors, smugglers, dockhands, low-level officials
A crowded tavern in the dock-warren where sailors, cutpurses, and bargain-hungry merchants converge.
Nobles, councilors, wealthy merchants
An upscale tavern on the bluffs doubling as a salon for merchants and councilors to dine and negotiate.
Paramilitary / civic
Official defenders stretched thin, politically tied to the council and often compromised by bribe offers.
Criminal syndicate
A loose confederation of cutpurses, smugglers, and ex-sailors who know every alley and tide schedule.
Merchant house
A wealthy house whose caravans and ships shape Marrowhaven's high society and whose pens fund quiet lobbying.
Trade guild
A disciplined guild that can paralyze the harbor with a strike and commands respect among commoners.
A tangled semicircle of piers where boats are lashed stern-to-stern and alleys funnel contraband inland.
A tree-lined avenue above the city with terraced mansions, manicured gardens, and views over the lake.
Patchwork fields outside the walls supplying the city and home to farmers resentful of taxes and seizures.
An open market specializing in cured fish and oddities pulled from the lake, noisy with barter and sea-smells.
A near-legendary narrow lane where illicit deals are rumored to be sealed in whispered confessions.
Council ledger lists several nobles receiving secret shipments.
An old submerged vault beneath the Old Bridge holds relics tied to the founding families.
The Temple of the Glass Lantern trades favors for political influence through returned lantern tokens.
Lanterns in the Dark
Lantern signals have coordinated a string of high-value night thefts, and the council suspects a mole in the Temple.
Bridge of Ashes
Hire to find whether the bridge fire was sabotage, tracing clues through mason guild rivals and black-market suppliers.
Pearls and Promises
A shipment of lake pearls destined for House Maren is being smuggled past the Sea-gate and players must decide to intercept, steal, or protect it.
Fields of Debt
Tenant farmers plan a mass protest against rent seizures that could erupt into violence unless negotiations succeed or a skulking force breaks them.
The Sunken Vault
Divers and scholars want the submerged vault beneath the Old Bridge opened, but its contents may awaken old family curses.
