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Freewraiths
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| Location :
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Cobre Desert Tempest, South of Highway 49 Byway
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| Where :
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One hour east of Prospect, in the Cobre Desert
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| Population :
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Roughly 12-13 (Tourism doubles or triples this number routinely)
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| Geography :
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Arid, Desert
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In the skinlands, what the Restless know as Purgatory is a ghost down dating back to westward expansion. The town is located out in the middle of the Cobre desert and it is difficult to reach given that there are no roads (or Byways) to reach it. An Isle of Calm in the Desert Tempest, Purgatory is a testament to the resilience of the restless dead. It has only one rule. "No Questions".
Permanent residency is slim in Purgatory, only a dozen or so, all freewraiths, claim Purgatory as a permanent home. What keeps the city going is it's use as a waystation. Dozens of wraiths can be found wandering the desert streets, the old saloon getting tanked by the Usurer's bottled wares or...enticed, by the Sandmen and Chaunters who work the rooms upstairs. They could be getting patched up by the local Castigator. What is more likely is that they are present for auction - Purgatory hosts a slave auction, quite frequently, for the sale of slaves and thralls. Purgatory asks no questions about who or what is on the slab, only that the necropolis gets a little off the top. Traffic swells during hunting season, and it is unknown how many in Purgatory are slaves. It is rumored that all wraiths in Purgatory are reapers, but no one knows if they themselves are slavers. The Oboli keeps coming in, and Purgatory remains stalwart.
Defense of Purgatory varies. Visiting Doomslayers and Renegades have been known to rough up anyone who gets on the wrong side of the "sheriff" and patrols are uncommon, the necropolis a self-contained neutral zone. Since there are no questions, no one seems willing to risk making a fuss.
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Dry Bean Saloon
The Dry Bean Saloon is the mainstaple of Purgatory. While drinking is extremely expensive (more so if you want actual alcohol), the saloon is never empty. On the contrary, the saloon is always crowded as it is the heart of the town. A drone plays the piano, people sit at the bar and weasel deals with each other or relax at the table and catch-up with old friends or rivals. The upstairs of the saloon is a brothel, run by Miss Jessie in which Sandmen and Chaunters do literally whatever it is the wraith wants to get their kicks off.
Boot Hill
If the Dry Bean is the heart of Purgatory, Boot Hill is the main attraction. It is a small hill outside the ghost town where, long ago, people used to be hanged. Now it serves as a slave auction. Wraiths from around the area flock to Boot Hill to buy whatever is on the slab, supplied by local slavers.
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