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the fringes of the Fornby district and is usually met
with mixed reactions from non-Dhunians within the
community. In fact, some zealous students of Morrow
can sometimes be found hovering near the building
attempting to convert the trollkin from their misguided
ways. Most trollkin take this in stride, and some, in fact,
are known to swear by and/or offer prayers to both
deities. Wise One Balaras Surfborn (male trollkin
Clr9) is the leader of Mercir’s trollkin community
and head of Dhunia’s Hold. He is beginning to show
his age having worked much of his life to improve
the living conditions in Fornby. Merchants who own
these companies consider him a meddler, and many
would like to see him gone, but he also has several
friends and allies including the Morrowan vicars who
appreciate his peaceful message. He is unaware that
his son Talaras (male trollkin Ftr5) is an enforcer for a
local human crime lord.
Fraternal Order Lodge: Many of the magi in
Mercir’s Fraternal Order of Wizardry are heavily
involved in local politics. The High Magus is Gorridan
Whentish (male Thurian Wiz16), a strong-willed,
middle-aged man who has aspirations one day to
replace the High Magus Arland Calster, court wizard to
King Leto in Caspia. The lodge itself is a small estate in
western Mercir nestled behind high ivy-covered walls
and isolated from the public. Built of large red-brown
brick, the construction started as a defensive castle
with moat, but by the end it had introduced many
post-Orgoth features such as the highly decorated
round gables inspired by Morrowan architecture,
decorative bronze spear-tops to the towers, depressed
round-arched windows, and a large attic under a
hipped roof with dozens of dormer windows which are
always warmly lit. The grounds also feature a separate
red-brown brick and copper clock tower with a black,
glazed tile roof. Several potent wizards of the Mercir
branch are in the employ of the Mercarian League
researching arcane methods to improve navigation.
Mercarian League Compound: The Mercarian
League is the wealthiest and most influential
mercantile organization in western Immoren. Its
compound in Mercir, located in Waterbourg, is
guarded well by armed men and watchdogs, and from
here the League coordinates its empire of trade. The
compound includes several outbuildings that lead
to a large manor that is unto a palace situated on its
own private inlet. It is built as a double house—that
is to say two long houses joined together containing
the residences of permanent officers who dwell there
year round—and it is a genuine water castle that rises
directly out of the water. It stands on oak piles and
the walls rest on a stone plinth. Countless arrow slits
accompany the crowstep gables of the various arched
windows and along the round corner towers on the
south end of the building. The smaller buildings
are various offices and workshops. The League does
not trust its security to the local watch and employs
its own team of well-paid mercenaries wearing the
Mercarian colors. A number of Ordic employees work
for the League as well, particularly as skilled pilots
and captains, and a bit of rivalry exists between them
and the Cygnaran-born workers. Tensions have been
particularly high recently, and they have tried to stifle
rumors about recent problems with their shipping
routes to the southern continent of Zu.
Mercir Cathedral: Home to Mercir’s Vicarate
Council, this is the center for the Church of Morrow in
the south peninsula. The original cathedral suffered
greatly during the fire of 415 AR as did much of the
city. It was restored some years later on the very same
breathtaking slopes immediately overlooking the
harbor. It is made primarily of flint with an embraced
central brick tower that serves as a lighthouse and
waypoint for incoming ships. The senior vicar is Calefo
Silvi (male Tordoran Clr14), a broad-shouldered
priest with weathered skin who was born in Berck but
has lived most of his life in Mercir. He is a true follower
of Asc. Doleth and owns a fishing boat with his son.
rumor has it…
despite repeated attempts to root out thamarites in the City,
a small hidden shrine deVoted to sCion staCia exists near
merCir. the unholy site is loCated in a Warren of CaVes along
the Cliffs of the Cape just east of the City. oCCasionally,
baleful lights from fires in these CaVes Can be obserVed from
the harbor and are alWays taken as an ill omen. a small sept
of thamar meets here periodiCally. the timing is based on
obsCure astrologiCal eVents, and the meetings are typiCally
folloWed by ritual murders in the City. this group has been
outlaWed as a disruptiVe and subVersiVe organization, yet no
proof is immediately aVailable that they exist, muCh less are
linked to the periodiC murders in merCir.
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