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Marakesh (MER-uh-kesh)

Marakesh is a roaring city in the middle of the bay, a popular stopping spot for tradespeople, tourists and travelers alike. It resides directly in the middle of the bay, an actual peninsula, with water on three sides of the city. Marakesh has a population of 20,353 people, their numbers always rising. So much so that for years the main city has been spreading into the bay waters, and a good portion of the population now live on rafts or boats on the water, connected by flexible rope bridges and tethers. It is very expensive to buy actual land in Marakesh, but you can buy a boat and a tethered lot to anchor it in, for a slightly lower cost.
The main source of income for the city is its harbor and all of the naval pursuits associated with it, such as ferrying travel boats, trade boats between countries on the bay, as well as a large shipyard where many of the shipwrights of the world create their masterpieces, as well as many pirates... one of its main exports is alcohol, along with a reputation for ruthless mercenaries. Marakesh is in a prime position for the Company to keep an iron grip on trade in the Krironte Sea, as they have a toll to pass through called The Median, and massive chains passed between the sides of the bay to enforce it. The tolls are supposed to be split between Cornum and Murake equally, but they never are. Sarah Dumphar is the woman in charge of Marakesh, a female Human, and she demands respect from her populace.
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Sarah is in excellent physical shape, as one has to be to fight for power in a city such as Marakesh. She wears multiple thin layers, decorated plainly, over arms covered in tattoos. She can sometimes be seen wearing a turban, and will always wear a sort of mantle over her shoulders and neck. Her hair is a wild streak of white, naturally. Her face is scarred and worn from a life of hard work in the sun. She likes sophistication and considers herself a woman of culture. She enjoys a good test of wits, but if you actually compliment her, she'll be putty in your hands. Was married once but he is now out of the picture and took their daughter with him. She now focuses on keeping Marakesh in the power play it finds itself in, as well as defending the city from raiders, pirates, and other enemies of the Company. She doesn't typically bother with civillian squabbles, but genuinely cares about the peoples' happiness.
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Generally she gets it. In this city, humans are the dominating race, but one's station is changeable, if you have the guts and determination to do it.
The city has palisades along its land barrier, long, wooden-spiked walls along the entire southern border. Agnes Appleton
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Agnes Appleton is a deeply tanned woman that wears her hair in dreads and can usually be seen wearing a brown cloak year round despite the weather. Her blue eyes are lazy on their intake of the world, but she can become quite focused if something is serious. She is a melancholic person, going about life alone, but she is a persistent worker, and constantly drives herself to keep the city safe. She resents family due to hers having abandoned her for her lack of... something. She never knew what. As such, she spurns affection and advances from admirers. She is afraid of women and trembles around them. (Someone may be a hidden lesbian?) Has a guard at all times, but they blend into the background to the point she doesn't mind their company.
is the security and defense contact for the city.

Amenities Available in Marakesh

Tavern: The Scarlet River
Owner: Heather Kinsley, Female Human
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The Scarlet, as its lovingly called, is located in the Median, just onto the land portion of Marakesh. The street outside is busy and shaded with large exotic trees, the ones around this establishment in particular seem to always boast bright red leaves, as if they were fed with blood over water. It is generally accepted that until you have won a fight to get in the door, you are not allowed inside the Scarlet. Marakesh is largely a human settlement, and is a touch racist as well. They'll keep their mouths shut if you can win your way in though. The building is a plaster and wood framed tower with red tiles for a roof. Furniture occupying the space is heavy and simple, it withstands bar-fights a little better that way. Several taxidermied birds of prey hang from the ceiling, trophies of the owners prowess. A rumor has it that one of them is a Fukibi, but its hard to tell... A small stage for performers is on the bottom level across from the bar.

Specials:
  • Chicken Stew & Tankard of Red Ale- 4sp
  • Meat with Onion & Tankard of Red Ale- 5sp
  • Boar Meat with Noodles & Tankard of Red Ale- 5sp

Other Possible Encounters:
  • Tim Bradly, Male Human;
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    Fat, lightly armored, wears his hair down at medium length. Soapmaker, but wants to be a blacksmith
  • Millicent Shelly, Female Human;
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    Light skinned, wears collared shirts and scarf over her head. Tall, broad and powerful. Bounty hunter. Attractive, and has a crush on a fellow hunter, even though it is forbidden in their sect. It's requited. Physically fit.
  • Guy Cason, Male Human;
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    Bounty Hunter. Prideful, and cocky. Has long white hair, when it is let down. Wears a dark violet tunic and worn armor. Is the amor in question to Millicent

Blacksmith: The Community Steelworks

Owner: Henry Skelton, Male Human
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Thin, gangly man, mid 30s. has no hair, the unfortunate effect of an accident many years ago. head is tattooed to accent cheekbones and temples, making him look even more skeletal. Eyes are heavy and bagged underneath, orange in color. Surprisingly strong, and appreciates strength. Does a lot of projects for friends for too cheap of cost, lives entirely beneath his station. wears black with a brown leather apron. Occasionally sets self on fire, and can appreciate a good FlareHair spell, if you want to get on his good side. Has no real family, just his apprentices around for what little company they might provide.
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Located at a crossroad between glassgate and Gold Quarter, decidedly claiming the latter. The street outside has a mobile fortune teller table sometimes. The blacksmith building is a short wood affair with open ceilings in the forge room. Inside it contains various crates against the walls filled with wares in typical sizes and lengths. A large hot forge takes up the middle of the shop and keeps it at a lovely blazing hot.

Specials:
  • Vicious Weapon- 332 gp
  • Breastplate- 383 gp
  • Dancing Sword= 1,867 gp

Other Patrons:
  • Emeny Everleigh, Female Human
  • Alice Roscoe, Female Grunthora

Alchemist: The Elegant Vial

Owner: Roge Greenbottle, Male Halfling;
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To the surprise of most, Roge always wears flannel clothing when he can afford it, even in the stifling humidity of Murake's summers. However, he seems to be on a downward swing, as his clothes are patchy, and in a few places there are obvious holes and messy stitches. Its an odd contrast to the club he keeps as his primary weapon--its polished to a shine with an ornately carved black skull on it. His head is shaved and his natural hair color was black. His green eyes are dilate, desperate and twitchy. Has the appearance of an addict, and someone under the heavy influence of drugs.
Roge is aggressive, abrasive and angry; he spends most of his days drinking in the Scarlet-only allowed in because he actually wins some of his fights there, and the regulars find his disposition amusing. He gambles, wrestles, and listens to traveler's stories there.
He was born to a family of Jewellers, but they struggled due to a lack of capital to further their business and it went under. He appears to be a normal halfling, but is probably a little bit insane. He doesn't truly fit in his community; the only reason he has a job now is because a friend of his father's took him on as a shop boy, and that person later died. He stayed because the work interested him, even if he didn't really know what he was doing at first. (Still doesn't, just kind of muddles through). Because of his social disconnect, he turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with the loneliness.
On the off chance you get a clear moment with him, he'll tell you he'd like to marry a nice girl one day and retire; or go on an adventure and experience the world he's never seen.
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The Vial is located among most of the artisan's shops in Marakesh, but perhaps its location leans more toward the seedy part of town now, in the Glades. His clientelle unfortunately match. The building is plaster and wood and very small. There is only a single front room and a closet. The roof is shingled, and a few are broken. When it rains, the roof leaks and there are dark spots on the floor as evidence. The small room smells of body, strong reagents, and a little wood rot. If the shopkeeper is awake, he is usually at the counter working on some foul concoction, or, if you come at the right time, you'll catch him huffing a sniff from a tiny green vial in his flannel vest pocket. A pink-red puff of dust flows out of the bottle, he'll cough a bit, his eyes will dilate and take on a pink hue, and his entire demeanor will change. He becomes what the people that recommend him say, professional, good at high quality work, utterly relaxed and smart. An odd drug, to say the least.

Specials:
  • Potion of Speed- 300 gp (increased effects, but makes the user twitchy afterwards, disadvantage on weapon and dexterity checks for 4 hours after use.)
  • Potion of Growth- 220 gp (The shopkeep swears you'll grow, but looks sheepish when you ask in what context, 'you'll find out real quick, I reckon.')
  • Potion of Climbing- 50 gp (Come back if they don't go away- the bottle reads. Grows bird talons for duration of effects.)

Other Patrons:
  • Eleanor Simmons, Female Grunthora-
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    Likes to wear white shirts with skirts. Mostly red hair has started to go grey. She has brown eyes full of self-confidence. She is normally prim and proper, but will tell the occasional raunchy jokes, throwing everyone off of her character. She is a bowyre at current, but was forced into the occupation; she'd much rather be in the Cornum mountains where she was raised. Her relatives want to arrange a marriage for her, and she's at the Vial to find a way to 'take care of it.'
  • Shane Haphlin, Male Human-
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    5'3", wears a professional black vest and jacket. He's an animal trainer. Was born in Uvard and has a history in silver mining--(he followed a rush of it in the mountains there, but a good lot was confiscated. He managed to take a good portion for himself and ran. Is currently moving from town to town until he finds a suitable place to start a business and dump his mining funds unnoticed. He's terrified of someone from his past finding his wearabouts. He's jittery and nervous, unless he's working, the one place he finds solace is with his animals. Uses Roge's shop for a cure for his anxiety.

Jeweller: The Blue Sun

Owners: Godfrey and Bernard Branson, Male Humans;
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Godfrey is an exceptionally handsome man, muscular and lean. He wears plain black clothes to accent the jewels he displays for his work. Beneath his clothing, however, he has several tangled swathes of scar tissue covering his chest, from a long ago accident. His hair is golden blond and cut short. He has a very easy way of looking at the world through his bright green eyes. Likes to surprise poeple and sometimes anger them just for fun. Hates corruption and racketeering.
He had a normal home life with his brother, father and mother. His father taught them both the business of jewelling, his mother etiquette, music and other courtly manners. Godfrey, in his studies as a young adult, met a woman, married and had a daughter. 7 years later she died. Godfrey will never marry again, instead focusing on raising his daughter whom he trains as his father before him. Uses money and sex appeal to make sales, among other things... Has money and likes to spend it.
Bernard, the brother, is taller than Godfrey, but no less handsome. He tends to wear brown trousers and white collared shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. Has silver hair that he keeps in a short ponytail, sometimes tucked up under a hat. Has a pronounced square jaw, thick eyebrows, and wears rectangular glasses in silver. Has opinions on most subjects and likes to give life advice, telling people what they should and shouldn't do. He takes great pride in his work and in being organized. He is a busy man and has a full schedule. Has never married, but loves a florist in their neighborhood. Helps guard and take care of his brother's family.
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The Blue Sun is in an upper noble neighborhood, Glassgate, among pretty brick and white buildings, it fits in. The building is a classic brick build with an oversized blue pane of glass in the roof, giving the whole space a blue tint. Glass displays and wooden models are spread throughout the space. Crystals and other shiny objects hang from the ceiling, catching the blue light and making it scatter at certain times of day.

Specials:
  • Exquisite Earrings- 4 gp
  • Ring of Swimming- 2,996 gp
  • Ring of Feather Fallng- 1,928 gp

Other Patron:
Clerebold Hybran, M. Grunthora;
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Wears dark leathers embroidered at the edges with illegible symbols. Relatively dark fur and muscular build, amber eyes. He is a kind and carefree man, and a friend of Godfrey's. Considers himself quite the gentleman, and is a regular customer of the jeweller, always buying little presents for his lady friends. He seems to talk about manners quite a bit. Has always wanted to find hidden treasure, leading him to a life of hunting for clues in Murake. He was born in a small village in the deep forests of Murake. His father wanted him to take over his successful trade business, but Clerebold prefers hunting and killing for sport. Still has the trade routes, but has a hands off approach to them. Hireable and always looking for something interesting to do. May or may not have clues as to the location of a special treasure...

Enchanter: Ella's Mirage
Owner: Ella Jacobs, Female Fukibi;
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Ella is a tall (6'1"), slender black bird that wears a red turtleneck, green slacks and a brown coat. Her head feathers are quite long and so thin they look like true hair. She has orange eyes, heavy and burdened. (She's a non-human business owner in the slums... put the dots together.) Tends to only agree with her own thoughts and opinions, unless it sounds like she could benefit from something. Tries to control her temper, but can always hold back when something needs doing. Pushed towards her goals aggressively. Strangely, a coward when confronted.
As a child, her parents realized she had great singing talent and made sure she had every opportunity to thrive. Uses her singing to work her enchanting magic, among other things. May have studied with a siren or Oyatare earlier in life.
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The Mirage is located in the waterborne slums. Between the Isles and the Glades in a less populated but still poor portion of the city. This boat is only visible to those that know of its existance. Business only comes around by word of mouth. To anyone else, the boat appears desolate but lived in, and to those that do, it appears iridescent and beautiful; a two-story house boat with lovely music drifting out of its stained glass windows. The floors aboard are highly polished hardwood. In the enchanting room on the second floor, the boards beneath ones feet are painted with a map of constellations, all interconnected with unrecognizeable sigils. Customers are only really welcome on the entry floor where the true shop is located. Everything sparkles and seems to sing its own song.

Specials:
  • Amulet of Comprehending Languages-525 gp
  • Circlet of Blasting- 1,476 gp
  • Horseshoes of a Zephyr

Other Patrons:
  • Adelaide Watson, Female Grunthora-
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    Thin woman to the point of almost unhealthy, but still muscular. Probably has a metabolic disorder. wears a faded coat and loose pants. Has pretty grey fur that almost looks lavender. Green eyes seem to look through you. Rich and likes to buy luxuries. Betrayed by a former partner and left for dead. Now she lives in a home a few boats away, keeping her money and her heart to herself, and works as a herbalist. Grows special waterborne crops in tanks aboard her boat.
  • Galiena Boleem, Female Grunthora-
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    Large pale-furred woman, Very pregnant. Wears loose clothing and sweaters. She lost an eye some time ago and wears a patch. Plays an instrument quite well and sometimes helps Ella with enchanting. She's very smart, can ride and shoot a bow just as well as any other. She's tied to her impending family and husband. She loves music and wants to work more for Ella, but is scared to ask with how pregnant she is.
  • Hunter Dalton, Male Human
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    A rather tall man with some muscle. Wears yellow shirts and dark blue pants. Blond hair is combed severely to one side. Hazel eyes. Loves justice and goodness. A bit self-righteous. Acts brave, but is easily scared and honestly cowardly. Likes to tell stories. Studied in Cornum fo ra time, and became an adept businessman. Works in the dying trade now, choosing to be in the slums and still prosper through trade.

Property for Sale

Houseboat; Current owner: Maylin Winchest, F. Human.
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This houseboat is just off the coastline of the Isles. Its hull is painted dark green, but because its always in the water, it could use another coat. The trimming on the rest of the ship is bright white. The roof is shingled a lighter dull green and ould be patched in a couple of places. The boat has a below deck pair of rooms, and one above. One room below is a bedroom, with two cots, a chest and a dresser. The other room is a small kitchen/storeroom with built in shelves and a hearth that shares a wall with the bedroom for warmth. Upstairs is a single utility room the previous owners used to house chickens at one point, so the singular coops are still present, even if the livestock are not. The deck is walled in with thin, patchily painted fencing, and a few chickens still freely roam the area.

Ferry Companies

There are two companies to catch ferries from in Marakesh, and around the world. There are other locals, but these two specifically will go anywhere, including interantionally. Ferryman are available at the docks any time of day or night. Opaline operates during the day, Tidal Taxis, around the clock.
Opaline Jet Co.
Opaline Jet Company is a nice, pretty ride, expensive and lucrative; but will go as slowly as possible and pack a few too many people on their boats. Charges by time ridden. The food is good, but there isn't enough to go around. Will get you from point A to point B at the biggest ports around the world, but will not go anywhere. Could be bribed to go to smaller ports, but the fee increases astronomically. High class, expensive, strict.
Tidal Taxi Ferries
Tidal Taxis is the do or die kind of ferry. The rates are low, based on distance and number of people being ferried, their ships are streamlined and plain, strong. The ride might be dull, and the food at subpar, but you'll get there, or your ferryman will die trying. Reliable, cheap, flexible.
 
Public Baths: Lagoona
These baths are open to the public and available in all sectors of Marakesh on land. They are run by water magic users in the Lagoona family (and hired hands), using the bay's waters and purifying devices. Locals are allowed to use as desired, given they have a pass for the bath; travelers, outsiders, and slums inhabitants without a bath of their own are to pay 3cp per person. Some hotels and business people will sell (5cp) or give you a bath pass.
Bath: 3cp/each
Pass: 5cp/each
 
Cartographer: Phantom Mapworks
Owner: Bones, Ghost;
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Bones is a ghost that loves making maps, but before she was a ghost, Bones was Olivia Morgan, a Water Genasi that loved to sail the seas, and map them. Her ghost still looks as she did when alive, but translucent blue and smoky. She has a tint of blue to her brown skin, and her flowing hair floats as if she were eternally in an ocean of waves, even standing still. The way she was killed still lingers, a large hole in her abdomen and several links of chain falling through either side, larger around than her head-as if an anchor had cut her in half on its way to the seafloor... Her dress flows about her, sometimes covering the wound, and other times not. She has a rather positive disposition, for having been killed the way she was. Insists it was an accident in fact, though if you push the point she will get angry with you.

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The Mapworks are located near the slums, but still on land in the Old Quarter. Not many people were willing to sell her property to operate a business out of, expecting her to possess them and her customers and all. The business is blue on the outside, a small building with a rather disheveled appearance. Bones can only do so much with the mundane world, after all, and lifting a hammer and nails to fix places were beyond that. the roof is a light blue tile that's cracked in several places. A small black chimney still smokes on one side. Inside the building is lit by a small lantern. Overflowing bookshelves covered in maps of almost everything line all the walls. Bones' desk is near the largest of the windows, covered in maps in progress, a globe, ink pots and pens, a moneybox, and various other small tools.
Bones doesn't get many visitors so she will either be distrustful or excited to see you. She especially loves people that can bring her new maps, though she does go out exploring on her own to a multitude of places a living person would never think to go. Bones is a surprising wealth of information, but won't give it up to just anyone.
Shipwright: Griffin Wing Vessels

The owners of this ship building company would one day love to take their vessels to the skies, but they haven't invented a way to do so yet, so they continue their sea faring ventures, but if they come along an adventurer with the right spells and technology...
Bowyre: -to be continued here
has am archery range with available masters
Courier: Malkain as well as Ferry based.
Inn
Temples: Tsuijizo, Three Divines
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