Belisse

Belisse is a small, salt-encrusted fishing town in the northern reaches of the Duchy of Brannach, perched hard against the wrath of the Stormwrack Sea.

Life here is a matter of endurance. The town’s main docks have suffered collapse after collapse, shattered by the endless battering of the tides and storms.

• Larger ships must anchor offshore, and goods are rowed in by skiffs, weather permitting.
• After a bad season, even the pier pilings vanish beneath the tides, leaving only slick stones and driftwood.

Despite its hardships, Belisse clings to certain proud traditions:

• The town is famed for its sour ales, brewed strong enough to last the long storm seasons.
• Squeeze-box music — jaunty, sharp, and often wildly off-key — drifts from taverns and wharfs, especially when the storms drive all hands ashore.
• A small Old Faith shrine dedicated to Varn the Fellstorm has somehow withstood the Church's occupation of the town.

Fisherfolk, wreck-scavengers, and quiet smugglers mingle here without much care for politics, so long as the nets come in full and the storms stay distant.

Belisse clings to the short like a drowning man to the splinters of driftwood. Should the sea ever remember its there, it'll crash down, drowning the whole damned lot.

— Marlan Dreeg, salt panner

Type

Town