Category : Locations

Green Hell is the name that stuck, and the name that’s earned – a stretch of dense, oxygen-thick jungle south of the Empire proper, humid enough that the air itself feels like a third combatant before anything with teeth ever shows up. Howler monkeys shriek somewhere close by at all hours, rain rarely stops for ..

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Paraisopolis sits just outside Chuza proper, close enough to share a wall and a gate with it and poor enough that the two are rarely mistaken for the same place. Its own gate keeps a separate watch, less to stop anyone entering than to tax whatever leaves – smuggling in and out has been a ..

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The Port Inn is the Agents’ actual home for the whole campaign – seaside lodging a step up from the barracks, close enough to the Section House to matter and far enough to feel like somewhere else. The monthly upkeep buys a room, meals, and a standing invitation to breakfast whenever the host has something ..

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The Ship Inn sits overlooking the bay, decorated inside to look like the belly of a galleon – timbered walls standing in for a hull, ornate glass windows, smokeless wall sconces flickering against shafts of real sunlight through small skylights above. It reads as an upmarket restaurant, and mostly is one. It is also, on ..

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Section 18’s station house was, before it was anything else, the Temple of Chuza – god of law, binder of oaths, keeper of balance – and the building has never quite let anyone forget it. The bones of that sanctity remain in the walls; the crypt beneath, by the Station’s own records, is older than ..

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A pleasant house set upon the breezes of the eastern shore, where travellers take rest and salt-sweet winds bear cares away – at least on the label. The ground floor keeps to a simple layout: hearth and storage to the west, a bar and booths running the length of the building, washing lines and further ..

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Around 1200 years ago the War of Division erupted, turning brother against brother. The basis is speculation – was it religious, sorcerer versus wizard, a land or power struggle, or even just a casual insult? The records that may provide insight to the cause have long been lost but it waged for a couple of ..

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The Broken Mug Tavern is close to the port district of Chuza. It is one of the more respectable and comfortable taverns. During the day its bar area caters for a trickle of patrons looking for freshly cooked seafood and a cold beverage. In the evening the gaming room at the back opens up – ..

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