Antalelle

Antalelle is a small fishing town near the eastern edge of the kingdom amongst a mangrove forest. Most workers in the town are fisherman, dockworkers or mariners but the town also has most major amenities including a law enforcement branch, shopping square, and school house. Since its founding the tide has moved closer and closer with each year. Instead of picking up and moving however, inhabitants engineered a system using whale blubber and giant squid hoods to elevate sections of the town with the tide. Wealthier individuals reside on the dry side of town, while working class live near the docks. The inhabitants often carry large, flat attachments to the underside of their footwear to allow them to walk on the surface of the mud. The far side is much dryer and is the “nicer” part of town, but still far and away from the height of luxury. At low tide, one could walk all the way out to the edge of the mangroves to the sea. There are several channels carved into the mangroves to allow for the Gnomish flat bottomed boats to pass and reach the open sea. The buildings are all wooden, but are a darker color, almost black. This is due to the pressure treatment that the wood must go through to ensure it doesn’t instantly rot. It’s done with a concoction including fish oils and tar. The tavern was located in the middle of town and is halfway on stilts and half not, right on the divide between the wet and dry zones. The building has tilted after the stilts have sunk every so slightly into the ground so the building isn’t quite level.
Features: Herbalism shop: Leben de Natur Fish market Tavern: The MoonClam Tower on the inland side for spotting Militia warding off landward threats, keeping watch 24/7 Governor lives in a militia barrack building for protection during the disappearances. Floating wooden pathways to rise above the mud and rising tides in some parts. Strange fleshy Blobs underneath the walkways and buildings to bring them out of the water. Only half town floods Buildings in the low side are either on stilts or also float.
Recent events: While Antalelle has thus far not experienced any direct confrontation from shadows, there have been some unexplained encounters with the occult. A series of disappearances, each within about a month of each other began in the early spring. While the cause was never found, the group later called Ozymandias and sons investigated and found that the missing residents had been kidnapped or lured to their death in a hidden chamber among the mangroves. The true culprit and motive have yet to be uncovered.

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Town