A lawless market, lovelorn pirates, a dispute over legacy. 12/12 - 18/12 #dungeon23
A small city with some classic factionalism: old traditionalists vs new profiteers. Seasoned in a salt-preserved pirate flavour!
Have been trying to approach #dungeon23 organically. In my mind, planning = expectations = work. Even giving the thing an overall map, or a title, makes it into A Serious Thing I Have To Do Well.
And the only way I get through any length of this exercise is if I treat is as a fun side thing---the squeeze I procrastinate with when I am stressed with actual work.
(Entirely a mind trick, of course; drawing the map for the above thing took half a day and broke my hand. So it is not like it is less stressful in real terms.)
ANYWAY: this one came out of last week's burial mound---figuring out who Queen Lessa was, what the popular conception of her legacy is, and what other people might want to do with that.
"People are fighting over where they think she should be buried" was the first idea that came to mind. And the city grew around that.
It did seem prudent to leave blank space for the future, though. Hence the Moon Fort, and the Beacon House, and the open question that the clockwork person wandering around poses.
Why are they shopping for vegetables? I don't know, yet.
I'm still having fun. Hope this will last!