Editing DRYH: At The Crossroads - Setting Details (section)

=Rattown Wharf Nightmares=
==The Raven - Pain 9==
A lean figure swathed in black robes and turban, The Raven never leaves the Wharf and shuns the company of others, keeping to himself, his only company the great black raven on his shoulder. What his motives might be none have guessed, but his inherent power is undeniable and Nightmares give him his space. 

==The Catspaw - Pain 4==
Slinking humanoid figures with feline heads, tails, and claws, the Catspaw function like an organized gang, collecting 'protection' and hassling transients for tolls of passage through their tattered fiefdom. On the other hand, they mercilessly root out any other criminal element in the Wharf and will fight off encroaching Nightmares and Awakened alike if they feel they are a threat.

The Catspaw can leap great distances and always land on their feet.

==Plague Rats - Pain 2==
Smaller than the Catspaw, Plague Rats are even more ratlike than the Paws are catlike, but still move mostly upright and have some humanoid characteristics. Though they do not actively provoke the Catspaw, Plague Rats have no interest in order, shakedowns, or protections. They simply do as they wish and slink away into the shadows.

The Rats are not terribly brave unless they know they have numbers or their prey is otherwise helpless.

'''Special:''' Should Pain dominate in an encounter with Plague Rats, one Pain die lingers with any characters involved in the encounter. That pain die is added to the Pain rating the characters face in their next confrontation.

==Barnacle Boys - Pain 2 [6 When Being Skinned]==
Vaguely shaped like small boys but covered head to toe in a carapace of thousands of living barnacles, the Barnacle Boys hang out on the docks and piers and jetties collecting information for the Catspaw and the Night Callers alike, as well as for any Awakened that can pay their price.

When crouched down against a piling or the base of a dock or storefront, Barnacle Boys all but look like a bit of crumbling foundation. They are also very agile and adept, able to use their bony growths to quickly shimmy up pilings and walls to the rooftops of the Wharf and even up to the Peaks.

If attacked and defeated, Barnacle boys break and get smaller, but as long as one barnacle remains, they live and will regrow.

Barnacle Boys have a vicious unreasoning hatred for Plague Rats and will attack them on sight.

'''Special:''' The barnacled hides of Barnacle Boys are worth much in trade to certain factions within the Bizarre Bazaar. It should be noted, that removing a Barnacle Boy's hide is the only way to actually kill it, so they tend to be alive and screaming throughout the process. Pain 6 to skin one.

==Drowned Men - Pain 0==
The dripping, salt crusted forms of those lost at sea, the Drowned serve as stevedores and longshoremen on the Wharf, mindlessly ignoring everything but their given tasks. At need, however, they will immediately take orders from any Catspaw, and will even follow the directions of Barnacle Boys if there are enough of them to physically herd the Drowned in the requested task.



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