Mariners' Coin

Prompt 22: An item of great cultural or religious significance to a people in your world.

The mariner's coin is the only way to get across the South Channel and into the Mariner's District of Yak'koli. It grants the bearer use of the ferries which cut across all of the westbound traffic of the channel.

Without a mariner's coin, travelers are stuck taking the trolly up and over the Eastern entrance of the ventricle—a journey which can take an hour or longer depending on conditions.

First Mint

The Mariners' coin was first minted as a way for the Mariner's district to maintain its own economy, an action which drew the ire of the Bottom Shelf, which at the time as still building itself up into the metropolis it is today.

When eventually the Bottom Shelf won the economic war against the Mariner's District and discontinued the official use of its currency, the coins became a symbol of the people. Ferrys which had previously serviced both sides of the channel now made themselves exclusiver to helping Mariners' now that the Bottom Shelf and Fallen Chandelier had organized things for the main shipping lane to run through the South Channel.

Acquiring a coin

The easiest way to acquire the coin is to be a citizen of the district. Barring that, and thievery, the best bet is to convince a mariner to part with theirs,

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Many Mariners' natives incorporate their coin into some sort of wear, such as a necklace or bracelet, to keep it handy and make it harder to steal.