Connects to: 04.07, 11.08, 16.15, 29.13.01, 29.14.11, 29.14.44 and the City of Shuttered Windows.
Just off the coast of the City of Shuttered Windows a series of low-lying islands rise out of the Keening Sea. They are little more than mounds of mud, but a century ago a band of smugglers discovered an enormous ring of silvery metal buried deep the muck of one of these islands.
After being excavated, the sages of the city discovered that this silver ring had powerful anti-magical properties and that it could very well be the wedding band of the Green Lady herself, the elven goddess who was once the consort of the God of the City of Shuttered Windows. Some said that it should be chopped up and sold, but cooler heads prevailed and the wedding band was left intact.
These days the band serves to mark the boundary of a gladiatorial arena, its anti-magic keeping outside wizards from cheating or any magic from the beasts and gladiators within from hurting the gathered spectators. There is a causeway that links the island of the Band with the City itself and the Doge is only too glad to have such dangerous sport located far away from his palace.
The neighborhood surrounding the Band is a deeply unpleasant mix of bars of the worst sort, brothels and the holding pens of various strange beasts. The Doge’s law means little around the band and the island is dominated by an aristocracy of bosses. A rising member of this group is a halfling by the name of Bogarus Bolger. Once famous for capturing and supplying a number of strange beasts for the games, he has now settled down to run his blink dog kennel and other business interests.
Bolger’s manner can be disarming, for he acts much like a gentleman halfling farmer from the Freeholds and is always unfailingly polite. He often apologizes to his victims before feeding them to his henchman, an uncommonly cunning troll of great and varied hungers (Bolger generally pays him in the bodies of exotic creatures and gladiators killed in the games and he is steadfastly loyal to his employer and always hungry). Currently Bolger is in the market for captured leucrotta (04.07) and is willing to pay handsomely for them.
Features
Connections:
- Grumlada orcs can be seen at the fights that are staged here.
Hooks:
- Who are the most famous gladiators and trainers of the band?
- How did Bolger acquire a troll henchman? What were some of his adventures in his younger days?
- Who are some of the other bosses of the band?
- Has anyone brought a beast to the band that might break loose?
