Urchins: Setting Details

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Bar Kesh: City of Swords

The action of Urchins takes place in, around, and under the famed city of the Swordmanir, swordsmiths of great renown, dutybound priests, forging blades for the world that the end of the Mortal Realm might be seeded with the blood of the Nations.

The Gold Quarter

The Gold Quarter is home to some of the wealthiest members of Bar Kesh and a wonder of beauty, parklands, and growing things.

Temple Row

Temple of the Wanderer

Tall and grey, the Wanderer is depicted as a lanky male figure in traveling clothes burdened under a pack with a gnarled staff to lean on. The wolves and bears and ravens and other creatures of the wild are known to approach him and whisper secrets and news from afar.

Temple of the Lady

Lithe and young, the Lady is depicted as a young girl clad in a dark cloak with her long blonde hair flowing free behind her and deep, dark eyes. If one looks closely, it is said the twinkling stars can be seen in the depths of her cloak and her eyes.

The Lady bears a pair of bone daggers, stained a deep red along the blades.

Temple of the Smith

Stout and solid, the Smith is a figure in bronze and iron, faceless and massive. The smith is always depicted at his forge and always has a great hammer in his fist.

Temple of the Never

Depicted as a dwarven lad in cloak and slippers of mist and fog, the Never exists both within and without the bounds of time. The Never bears no weapon or scepter, but his hands are said to be colder than the ice in the depths of the Lost Sea and able to reach through flesh and take hold of the heart within a man.

Temple of the Three

As implied by their title, the three have three distinct forms. The first that of a young girl clad in flowers and laughter. The second a stately matron heavy with child clad in the green growth of the forest. And finally the last form that of an withered crone clad in bark and moss.

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Garden Tiers

The Keep of Five High Houses

House d'Amasku

House d'Jaala

House d'Katayev

House d'Ruvyen

House d'Sceva

The Iron Quarter

The Iron Barracks

Blood Field

The Labyrinth

Orphan's Tower

Hammerwall

Forges of the Swordmanir

Merchants Rim

The Shipyard

Lesser Light Tower

Rattown Wharf

Greater Light Tower

The Floating Market

Beyond the Walls

The Beastholds

The Beast Market

The Shanty Field

Potter's Rim

Hammerwall Harbour