Turpin
This walled town inside the Unclaimed Lands lies on the banks of a small, navigable waterway named the Dwellerflow. The fortified keep inside these 20-foot-tall stone walls serves as the county seat for the self-styled “Count” Jonas Ranquin, a megalomaniac with delusions of grandeur. He makes his fortune masterminding and financing piracy on the Great Amrin River with his fleet of several small keelboats. The ships under his flag board any vessels they encounter on the bustling waterway, taking exactly half of their cargo and allowing their captain and crew to sail onward unharmed if the skipper immediately surrenders without a fight. Those who resist their peaceful overture forfeit their entire hold and face their full fury. The loot seized during their sea raids inevitably appears on the shelves in Turpin after the count takes his ample share of the booty. The authorities in Bard’s Gate and Eastreach Province know Ranquin’s name and his general whereabouts, but have been unable to pinpoint Turpin’s exact location. So far, the count’s naval forces have beaten back expeditions launched by the two states to eradicate the river pirates. For now, the count’s operation qualifies as a nuisance rather than an immediate threat to either power’s lucrative trading enterprises. Any escalation of his activities may warrant a more potent response from either or both of the aggrieved parties.
Settlement
Turpin, Village of
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Village
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