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The dank air and smell is immediate. noxious, sulfourous vapours suffocate the senses. Down under here another world heaves and pulses althrought the nights. strange cultists gather for the rituals of the dawn. but one oned'st not know. for the hallways are darkened, and dust do not shine. you notice flame quietly burning lamps dot the passages,
the slimy pebblestones,
precarious as best -
After following the narrow slippery stone staircases down a few levels, you find this also narrow
passage & foyer alcove - leaning over the Canal. - This is the sump. good & proper, we are here.
- the UnderGloom, the Sump beneath the City.- your hairs stand on end, as you realise what is hidden down here. the smell of damp. & oil, mud, it smells bad. water drips in gushes down tunnels , our of ceilings, pools ooze and fester under the lightless zone. It is dark, you can hardly see.
little known to you, GloomSewerRats scutter about in the nightlight, collecting strange objects, perfection their mad alchemical art of potion-brewing, hidden away down here under the city, the the gloomcanals.
.
"hey.!" 'watcha- havin?-' "i can getcha a drunk? bourloine? i bet thats yer favourite?'
"this place - it's just a windthrough - stray merchants may wind up here as they travel down the Canal.
But, hey psst, not much time for talk.
got things to do...err.
GloomUnderTavern awaits ye anyway traveller ...
Anytime you choose, pop back by here,
and we've got you sorted,
did you come through here just on yer own?
ways may be tough through here,
but you can find a way,
through the canalways, i mean...
- the LowerWaterWorks, the SumpTown,
all the lower districts really,
i can help if you need advice, chhhck!
you lookin' fer directions?
wel - i know tha way
Our undercity quarter is parked here,
long story - the Canal network run all along here ,
sometimes smugglers & strange types pass through-
there is a hidden wolrd down here, most don't notice it all
the firs time, maybe you'll never find it.
The paths through to Other parts of the Canal networks
lead down from off behind this walled edge, you should ifnd the
way through into the UnderWard's somewhere, this flooded door!to the left
leads upwards into the LibraryTowers. We like to try to keep a little backentrances
to the city as much as we can, down here. OH hey, if you want to buy anything at the Bar, let me know.
As the Undercity whines & Drones on above, narrow winding encloves & passages lead off in all differnig directions in this underground maze of tunnel & sewage networks. the UnderWorks is here, a cloister of
dams, flood the network of cisterns, minor cargo-barges must move through the waterways here.
some parts, waterithg, some airtight, some passages flooded & feeling the wear of the dark moist damp.
-there is a hidden Underworks (canal~level)entrance into the LibraryTower
These tunnels don't just lead anywhere.
a good half of the underpinnings &
subterrenean city world must be
hidden through this maze
of hidden staircases....
Canal Barges Pass on the nearby Waters. "Gr'en Deck", "McGuffre'ey?"
-+ "Why's the Whispers?? M.m, freu
"Pssscchhh"!!!!!" Hey!!! zzz
stranger!
its not easy, ...
greeting you ...
YOu are welcome,
follow me
inside
by way of the mask,
you may enter
but you are welcome of your face;
I by way .1of mask silence the benefactors,
and you, can be free
...
zzz
i cannot tell you
perfect charm,
yetm
we are meant to
be acquianted somehow.
later,
time shall tell
...our wherabouts,
but make haste
time is not what you think
alas,
perfect charm it is not.
quick, follow
Hey, who are you?
how'd you get down here?
hey - tell ya what. i'll tell ya straight. it took many moons to hole up our sanctuary down here, we ain't gonna just let it drip just like that. yeah, not us.
welcome, welcome to the underpinnings,
the underdark? hmm yes, not quite,
this is the underpinnings, this is where the darkcity lives.
the underdark? that dark elf place? you don't wanna go there, that place is haunted. thats deeper down, where the rockglows are used for light.
this is our rebellion underworld, the sewer colacal system,
the cistern proper.
we keep it safe down here, nttin' like us.
no way,m meh mwhaa./
ha yeah,
you wanna be around here , i'd just offer some advice ,
this place stinks, maybe you canhide here, but who knows who lurks around the corners, aye?
keep it safe, and take my advice:
if you want to get into Sigil and the the Scape of Planes, go through the Red Tunnel door on the left with the blue light.
If you want to get back to GloomCity - you'd better to take the raised archway passages, the ones running above the waterways #.
its not far, but as i said it stinks down here,
theres no reason to be here,unless maybe
you know things? if you want to knwo the secret way to the palace,
maybe i can show you? # the pandemonium under the castle?
don't worry about that, its a swirling vortex of chaos energy,
a maelstrom of dark magic.
but dont worry, its not real.
the service tunnels? where do they lead? yes, hmm
you could get lost.
some of the tunnels lead to the industryworks of the cybercity;
down here, the sewers tell many secrets, in time/.
if you think you can handle the vibe, i'd suggest you travel to the cyber districts. i bet they'd even have you as a tourist too...
you just have to get used to the grime, the dirt, its urban, but if you adapt. the metallurgy won't bother you as much,
if you want to go to the cybercity: you should go through the dark tunnel with the piping to my side here. <
the surreal underground world of gloomcity is strange,
who'd have thought the city--counter-culture to live down here....
most of the darkcity is left intact - and put to good use,
the quiet hum of the underworld is alluring - it wants to draw you in, and keep you, and the undercity library-vaults are situated at this crux. this mysterious hushhush; beneath wary eyes - a dimly kept secret.
But besides, the city keeps its character - and carries on, beneath the world. These aquaducts are familiar,these city structures lead upwards into the Uppercity.
but down here in the Sump things aren't so certain.
