A random Vaarn Settlement



Size City State (Smaller settlements nearby pay tribute)
Water Source Holy Relic Weeps Water, but Target of relic thieves
Majority Population Neoblooms
Minority population Lithlings
Location Surrounded by Graves
Houses Vine-covered Villas
Local Landmark Sacred Catacombs
Government Incompetent Gerontocracy
Gerontocracy: The settlement is ruled by its oldest residents. Authority and social standing are directly correlated with old age. The political culture is likely to be calcified and resistant to change.
Industry Brewing
Dominant Faith Worship Giant Animal
Orbital Defence Cannon
Asset

The Autarchs in their wisdom erected a vast system of orbital defence cannons that once girdled the entire Urth, sentinels which guarded against incursions by the Lunan empire that lurked in the black gulf overhead. The Autarchs are long dead but a handful of their celestial sentries remain active, ceaselessly scanning the bejewelled firmament for invaders. The settlement is built around one of these cannons, which resembles a vast crowned Autarch head cast from tarnished gold. The cannon’s eyes track the movement of the stars overhead, and it occasionally belches forth clouds of micro-missiles which streak up into the sky in search of perceived invaders. The settlement is generally not approached by air.

Unquiet Dead
Problem

Those who die within the bounds of the settlement do not stay dead. The cause is unclear, but all burials take place outside the walls.

Buildings

Industrial Building or Workshop
NPC: Swan, Planeyfolk Tanner
  • Vain manner
  • Voice: Whispers
  • Drive: Collect a Debt
  • Bond: Spouse
  • Faith: Brotherhood of the Black Sun
  • Reputation: Court of the Jigsaw Autarch (Hated)
  • Items: Leather Coat (13 AV), Fleshing Knife (d6), Pumice Stone
Disreputable or Abandoned building
NPC: Isolde, Planeyfolk Fungusmonger
  • Hedonistic manner
  • Voice: Jovial
  • Drive: Seeking Revenge
  • Bond: Middle Child
  • Faith: Ghoul Cult
  • Reputation: College of Indigo Tigers (Hated)
  • Items: Sporegun (d8, 2 slots), Deathcap Mushroom (d12 TOX), Exotica: Dried Mycomorph
Commercial Building
NPC: Dragger, True-kin Lithomancer
  • Extravagant manner
  • Voice: Sinister
  • Drive: Craves Knowledge
  • Bond: Pet
  • Faith: Binary Devotion
  • Reputation: Hegemony (Outlaw, Wanted By)
  • Items: Petrified Robes (AV 16, 6 slots), GIFT: Stone Manipulation
Minor Government Building
NPC: Brown, Cacogen Monk
  • Assertive manner
  • Voice: Sonorous
  • Drive: Seeks Downfall of a Rival
  • Bond: Own Clone
  • Faith: Ghoul Cult
  • Reputation: Lithic Lyceum (Hated)
  • Items: Monastic Robes (AV 11), Icon of Random Petty God, Illuminated Manuscript
Disreputable or Abandoned building
NPC: Nafour, Neobloom Musician
  • Romantic manner
  • Voice: Gravelly
  • Drive: Religious Pilgrimage
  • Bond: Mother
  • Faith: Vaa, Blue Goddess of Empty Spaces
  • Reputation: Hegemony (Hero)
  • Items: Sitar, Electric Harp, Book of Poems
Industrial Building or Workshop
NPC: Yoshar, Newbeast Sailor (Wind-Barge)
  • Volatile manner
  • Voice: Drawls
  • Drive: Addicted to Drug (p.xx)
  • Bond: Pet
  • Faith: Titan Cult
  • Reputation: College of Indigo Tigers (Hated)
  • Items: Compass, Coil of Rope, Flask of Whiskey (flammable)