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=Nighmares: The Canals=
==The Guildmaster - Pain 7 (9 when enforcing Guild Contracts)==
The Guildmaster is a tall, skeletal Nightmare in the finest grey suit and top hat that Pain can buy (rumor says that his attire is pure Barnacle Boy hide). Severe in the extreme, the Guildmaster manages Trade and Manufacture in the Mad City - well not the Bazaar, but don't bring that up in his hearing. The Guildmaster is more apt to deal exclusively with other nightmares than with the Awake, but if it is important enough, he might stir himself if one of the Awake threatens (or can be leveraged into an advantage for) a Guild Asset.

'''Special:''' The Guildmaster is unable to step foot into the Bizarre Bazaar. It is rumored he is unable to even see the bits of that realm that creep openly into the Quarters.

==The Journey Men - Pain 5==
Bare wisps of lean, tall, man-shaped shadows in shadowy finery, the Journey Men are the emissaries of the Guildmaster. Nine in number, the Journey Men travel the Quarters on Guild Business and, much like the One Eyed Jack's Court, treat whatever Quarter they are in as Home Turf. Nightmares who gain an increase in Pain for being in their own Quarter (including the Court of the One Eyed Jack while in the Iron Keep) do not gain this advantage when dealing with the Journey Men. The Huntsman is the only Nightmare known to be immune to this effect.

'''Special:''' Physical barriers are no obstacle to the Journey Men. They are able to flow up and over and through cracks to get where they are going. They are, however, still unable to enter the triangle of Paradox Square except via the Menhir, and the power of the Slain God will still cast them back should they try to enter the Grove. Like their Master, the Journey Men are also unable to enter the Bizarre Bazaar.

====Guilders - Locals====
In the Guildhalls above the Canals the denizens of that Quarter live and work their crafts under the watchful eyes of minor Nightmares, providing goods and services for the whole of the Mad City.

==The Gondolier - Pain 3==
Gondola is the preferred conveyance for passengers and cargo through the Canals, a task usually handled by the Drowned of Rattown. Nevertheless, a single towering Nightmare can be seen sliding through the mists in an ethereal Gondola of intricately carved bone. Clad in heavy robes and broad brimmed hat the color of ash, his face is a mask of crisscrossed scars and his mouth has been stitched shut, but he can speak in whispers in the minds of those he encounters, and for a price take passengers to any Quarter touched by the Canals - even if the Canals do not normally offer access to the Quarter they touch. Passengers of the Gondolier step from his vessel into the new Quarter seamlessly.

Though the Gondolier has a relatively moderate Pain rating and has never been known to enter into conflict with any of the Awakened, it is said he is the only Nightmare that the Huntsman (and his Hounds) will openly flee.

'''The Bone Blade Oar:''' The long steering oar the Gondolier uses to propel his vessel is as pale as the craft itself, a tapered flange flaring out into a sharp flat blade of bone at the end. In a confrontation the Gondolier wields it as a kind of bardiche. The oar adds no Pain to his base rating, but it is said to be able to shatter exposed bone and stone alike - even in a failed confrontation.

====Wisps====
Drifting above the pitch black water tiny greenish wisps of light bob about, slowly following the brackish currents of the Canals. Wisps always remain below the level of the walkways and follow no discernible pattern in their travels. Wisps can be harnessed by the Awakened [no dice roll required] and will go for a time in the direction(s) indicated by the Awakened - within the Wisps' self imposed boundaries within the Canals. [Forcing a Wisp beyond these boundaries snuffs it out].



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