Undercity

Castle Ravenscraig (03.19) is also described as having an undercity.

The Undercity or under-city of Shuttered is inhabited by the lowliest commoners, the most wretched of whom may spend months or years without seeing sunlight. It is also home to a branch of the Hoard of the dwarves, and to the dreaded cult of the Whispering Sisters). The further down one goes, the older the buildings, and the fewer the inhabitants. Many of the very deep streets and buildings have caved in, but others remain. It is said that a pompous beggar named the Squatter King has set himself up in the remains of an ancient iteration of the Doge’s Palace. And of course, rumours abound regarding monsters that inhabit the deepest caverns; but certainly none of these monsters have ever been seen up inhabited parts of the Undercity.

Features

• The Old City
• Grey oozes
• The Prison of the Nine is deep in the Undercity.
• The Squatter King is a pompous beggar.
• Dead men’s tongues are spreading throughout the Undercity now they are not used in sacrifices.
• The Menagerie of Pandelar is rumoured to be deep in the vaults of the Undercity.
• The troglodytes of the Temple of Alberon do their best to eradicate grey oozes from the Undercity.
• The Creche of a Million Young has a strong presence in the Undercity.
• Windows from olden times, that were shuttered long ago, can still be seen in the Undercity.
  • This includes the Last Window, which remains open.

Connections

• The Medusa was sent to Midshotgatepool after it got loose in the Undercity.
• The Temple of the Labyrinth will sink into the Undercity in a generation or two.
• The Traxa that was infected with lycanthropy was bitten in a crack-finding expedition in the Undercity.
• The Honorable Society of Engineers is involved in a round-the-clock struggle to shore up the Undercity so that Shuttered doesn’t collapse. The society sends Crack-Finders to identify weaknesses. Because the society cannot get to the deepest depths of the Undercity for all the monsters, it spreads rumours about treasure so that adventurers clear it out for them.
• The Undercity brothels have been using beetles from Monatheron.
• Lunfar has maps of the Undercity.
• Some claim that the skull of the Defiler is locked in a vault in the depths of the Undercity.