Urban Landmarks
Every town and city has landmarks great and small.
Add these two major urban landmarks to your campaign today! Link them together, for even more urban fun!
Marsh Meadow
Marsh Meadow is aptly named. A burgeoning town once stood on the site, but severe and repeated flooding saw the settlement abandoned after much of it sunk into the mire. The vast majority of the buildings are now long gone—their wood and thatch construct consigning them to oblivion. The stone remains of the old church and rectory along with a small shell keep yet remain above the mire.
Whenever Marsh Meadow floods the townsfolk avidly wait for the floodwaters to retire. Sometimes, the flooding brings shiny trinkets and other treasures, lost when the town flooded, to the surface.
Exploring Marsh Meadow is dangerous. Deep patches of quickmire, with properties similar to quicksand, sometimes drown the unwary.
Lights are sometimes seen on Marsh Meadow at night. Superstitious folk ascribe them to the spirits of those killed when the town sunk. Others believe the lights belong to smugglers, thieves and other near-do-wells.
Option: The Nowhere Arch stands at the end of the overgrown road leading to Marsh Meadow.
The Nowhere Arch
This wide archway once provided access to a grand home of uncertain history. The home is long gone, but its impressively stout entrance remains. A street now passes through the archway, and hundreds—if not thousands—of people use it every day. Strange runes and sigils decorate the arch’s vaulted ceiling.
At certain times of the year, when the stars are right, the archway acts as a gateway to other places—or so lurid rumours suggest. Consequently, some locals want the archway torn down, and the stones carted far away. Others believe this would release a great evil. The two sides are, thus, implacably opposed.
The archway’s sturdy stone construction hides several hidden rooms and a narrow spiral staircase leading to a secret cellar.
Birds do not roost on the Nowhere Arch.
Option: Marsh Meadow lies beyond the Nowhere Arch.
These major urban landmarks appear in the System Neutral 20 Things 70: Urban Landmarks by Creighton Broadhurst. Every member of Raging Swan Press’s Patreon campaign got the book for free as a thank you for their incredible supprt. Sign up today, to start getting free books from Raging Swan Press!
