Slum City

Slum City, or the West Harbor District, is a maze of shanties and slums that occupy the northwest of Surket. This district is home to the incredibly poor, sick, and otherwise destitute. Gangs roam the neighborhoods, fighting for control over what little resources they have. The sick and the dying line the narrow and crowded streets. Disease and refuse are common sights and smells as the sewage and refuse from the rest of the city gets dumped here by the Crimson River, which falls into the western Scar and runs right through the district. The Crimson regularly floods, wiping out whole swaths of Slum City when it does.

Life in Slum City is difficult, and the citizens within get by any way that they can. Therefore, it is not uncommon for people here to worship demons, devils, fey, and all manner of other morally ambiguous or just plain evil figures. Cults are a frequent occurrence. Recently, a new cult has begun to grow in the district called the Disciples of Pestilence. They believe that the Crimson River itself is the physical embodiment of the first Horseman, Pestilence, and that it is their duty to spread the plague it carries to the city in the hopes of bringing on the apocalypse. So far, they have not been successful, primarily due to their small size and the fact that most members are too diseased to travel very far. They make their home in a barely-held together scrapheap that they refer to as the Temple of Bile.

There is no official rule of law in Slum City. The Ipso Family, who own the land, only use it as a means to farm coin out of the already dirt poor residents. They produce a highly addictive drug called Dust within the district in their factory near the docks and distribute it to all who can afford it within the district. Almost all citizens of Slum City are addicted to it and a fine powder covers virtually every surface. One can actually tell which areas of the district are safest from floods by seeing where the powder lies the heaviest. The Society for Ethical Necromantic Arts (SENA) run a small clinic in the district to treat the addiction, but they are regularly swamped with injuries from gang violence, disease, and just about everything else to be able to effectively manage.

Notable Locations

 * SENA Clinic (Slum City)
 * Temple of Bile
 * Ipso Dust Factory
 * West Harbor Docks

Notable Factions

 * Ipso Family
 * Disciples of Pestilence
 * SENA