Marrow Bay

A dark-watered inlet settlement where the bones of ancient sea creatures surface in the shallows during low tide. Marrow Bay harvests these bones for tools and trade, sending them upcoast to Kelport. The village smells of brine and old calcium, and its children grow up unafraid of the dead. Along the Virelay Coastlands, this site is part of the lattice of harbours, bell-towers, and salt-marshes that look toward Virelay and the Underwater Well. The sea here remembers more than the maps do; the Loosening lives in the fog. House Thorne's trade lines once stitched these settlements together — some of those routes are still walked, others have gone quiet since the Fray reached the coast.