Veil Market
More a phenomenon than a physical district, the Veil Market appears where it wills and shifts locations throughout the city of Deepberth on some esoteric itinerary. Entrances are well-guarded and participants in the Market are expected to be masked. There is an absolute prohibition on violence here that the place itself seems to enforce on the rare occasion that someone seeks to violate that unspoken edict. The Veilkeepers, masked brokers whose identities are unknown an possibly interchangeable, oversee transactions and enforce the rules, punishing transgressions immediately and absolutely. Reality feels thin here... almost as if the Veil Market exists out of place and time. Those who enter rarely agree on what they saw and some claim they have met people there who claim to be in the back alleys of some other distant city, not in Deepberth at all...
Geography
Notable Locations
- Hall of Lace: A vast chamber where contracts are stored. It is said that a contract stored in the Hall of Lace carries with it mystical enforcement of its articles... and woe to any who violate a contract stored in the Hall.
- The Still Stalls: It is said the Still Stalls can only be found by accident... or perhaps they know who their clients shall be and invite them. The Still Stalls are characterized by silent merchants with empty stalls, selling intangible goods. Here, it is said, you can buy the intangible... true names, souls bound in contracts, bottled dreams and elixirs for love or reputation or happiness or vengeance... all for a price that may be all too dear.
- The White Threshold: The most common entry point to the Veil Market, this white-stained wooden structure seems to be disassembled and reassembled whenever the Market moves. It is always guarded by silent, helmeted guards that some claim are not entirely human.
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