FISHERS’ WHARF/ WATERFRONT

Social Class: Lower.

Power Center: Never.

Buildings: Temple (Fharlanghn), poor lodging (5%), poor food (10%), average trades (2%), poor trades (12%), average services (3%), poor services (7%), poor residences (59%).

Description: The smell of fresh fish, rotten fish, fish on ice, and fried fish permeates the wharf district, along with the tang of sea air and hardworking, unwashed people. The buildings here are in relatively poor repair, and many of the shops are simple stalls or wagons. Those who come to do business can’t afford to send a servant or are servants themselves, and street crime is rampant. The slap of the waves, the calls of dockworkers, and the thump of unloading fish mingle with the cries of seagulls and other scavengers.

The waterfront district has larger docks to accommodate cargo ships. Guards and nobles are more common here, petty criminals less so, and the taverns are slightly cleaner. Otherwise, it resembles the fishers’ wharf.

Plot Hook: Human body parts are showing up with alarming frequency in the bellies of fish, with no corresponding upsurge in missing persons. Some corpses wear jewelry or bits of clothing that have been out of style for generations. Where are they coming from? And why is the city government buying the silence of the fishers who make these gruesome discoveries?