Registry Survey Office plate · Gloamfen Gloamfen
Not every road belongs on a map
Drowned settlements, difficult medicine, private routes, and communities more often described by outsiders than listened to by them.
UsghuiYzSurvey abstract
Gloamfen is feared for Shadow, Miasma, Toxin, Blood, Decay, and Void. Locals are quick to point out that a dangerous environment and a criminal network are not the same thing, even when outsiders prefer one explanation for both.
Morrowbank
The largest legal settlement is known for apothecary work, river medicine, and the kind of practical expertise acquired where official supply chains are unreliable. Houses are built to shed damp rather than defeat it.
Belowmarket
The hidden market deals in medicines, documents, relics, contraband, and trafficked creatures. Entry depends on relationships and introductions; strangers asking loudly for directions are generally assumed to be either inspectors or fools.
Chainless House
Witnesses, former handlers, and rescuers use the name for a loose covert network operating along the same private routes exploited by the Quiet Chain. Its members disagree on almost everything except the usefulness of knowing where a shipment is going before trying to stop it.