The docks of Vralkast lie within a sheltered bay on the shore of the Sea of Sorrow. The Sorrowshore (often called Sowshore for short) is a bustling center of trade and commerce, and supports much of the city's industry. The docks are home to the enormous Serpentkeel ships of The Krakeneers the smaller caravels used by the Everdelver's Guild of Underplunderers, and countless other ships from various groups across the sea. At any one time the district is full of drunken carousers, giant krakeneers and demiplane explorers hawking their wares and winding down.
The wharves and docks of Sowshore are generally carved backwards into the cliff-face, supported by frames of krakenbone and scrimscale. Between them, tight alleyways lead to the more disreputable parts of the city, places thick with smoke and the sounds of drunken merrymaking. The Fomor'ren cannot enter these places, and so those who slip through the cracks can end up here: the bottom of the city at the bottom of the world.
Notable Locations
- The Arachnodore's Union
- The Consortium of Cliffclingers
- Grimmy's Wormshine, a tavern on the wharf. Infamously terrible, but the people love it for that.
- The Inkmaven, one of the more popular ink houses in Sowshore, primarily serving The Krakeneers.
- Far Comfort, something like a brothel but not limited to sexual gratification. The dopplers there will take on the form of the person you want to see most, provided you don't intend violence against them. Some come to spend the night. Others come to see faces of those they've lost, and sometimes to practice what they’ll say when those faces are seen again.
- The Shrine of Spears, where Aralynn the Shrinemaiden mantains (and worships) the spears used by The Krakeneers