Pale Basin and Salt Roads
At the rim of a dried inland sea, cities govern promises of water rather than water itself. By night, caravan lamps draw a second map across the basin.
Table-facing places
- Pale Shore: A market town where well rights follow work rather than family.
- Gel Caravanserai: A Plasmoid-run inn with care pools for shape-changing travellers.
- Green Threshold: A salt-protected greenhouse quarter of Verdan gardeners.
- Broken Measure: A stone field where disputes are settled by measuring again, not duelling.
Order and livelihood
Salt, glass and water-carrying sustain the basin. Sealed water is personal property; water in an open channel is common. Plasmoids tend caravan pools, salt dwarves store reserves and local crews audit measures.
Pressure and hooks
The Well Ledger records debts while the Salt Carters’ Union seeks higher passage fees. A dry well means share disputes, diverted caravans, illicit digging and migration pressure.
- All care pools at the Gel Caravanserai turned bitter overnight.
- The decision stones at Broken Measure recognize only a missing archivist.
- Green Threshold’s greenhouses are about to be sabotaged before a water-share meeting.