Fenmarrow – The Floating Market

(“The City on Chains”)

Population:

Humans, halflings, mixed species; cosmopolitan trading hub

Dominant Faiths:

Rational Coin and Naturalist Atheists

Minor Presence:

Tranquilists, small Sanctifier cells in upper guild houses

Character:

A sprawl of raft-districts tethered to the cliffs by massive Heartroot chains. Everything moves slightly: the floorboards, the politics, the loyalties. Bars double as lecture halls; gamblers and mathematicians both whisper prayers to probability.

Politics & Faith:

• Rational-Coin temples operate as universities, issuing “Theorems of Coincidence” licenses for river pilots and merchants who claim divine efficiency in their routes.

• Naturalist guilds run the power barges that harvest Heartroot dust as luminous fuel—arguing for science, taxed by the Rational Coin clergy, distrusted by both trolls and Sanctifiers.

• A small Sanctifier embassy tries to ban the fuel trade, claiming every spark weakens the goddess’s geometry; it survives mostly because it finances canal repairs.

Atmosphere:

Humid and loud. Music, dice, and debate blur together. People here believe in chance—whether it’s divine, statistical, or profitable doesn’t much matter.