[A2Z] D is for the Dark Seawall, Dreamers and Disturbed Cultists

The Dark Seawall
     Rising over 120 feet above the western edge of the harbor that is the heart of Bridgeport, is the dark and forbidding edifice of the Dark Seawall. One of the few parts of "Old Bridgeport" that hasn't been built on by squatters, or they haven't lasted long. The stark angular shape of the Seawall is a frightening but solid edifice that can be seen from all but the most tangled and dark sections of the Warrens, providing both a home to bogeymen and protection from the highly destructive storms of the Spring and Fall. Stories abound that great riches, wonderous objects and frightening foes can be found inside the Seawall, as it is not solid like a mountain its size, but more like the various ruins found in the surrounding areas. Even more unusual is the material it is made of, a strange metal that even the most skilled dwarven craftsmen can work with only the greatest effort. As a result only a few entrances have ever been created, and are all heavily guarded or sealed. However cthonians still manage to escape from time to time, implying more exits exist but are unknown.

The Dreamers
      Roughly one in one hundred children born in Bridgeport are special, known as Dreamers due to their uncanny and disturbing habit of whispering secrets and disturbing truths while sleeping or in drug induced trances. It is almost like another force takes control of their voices while they are unconscious and enjoys the chaos and disorder caused by these revelations. More than one decadent noble house has been destroyed by the whispers from a common born Dreamer revealing secrets that none should know. Needless to say there is a thriving black market of those who would find these children and keep them drugged into unconsciousness to reap any secret they can. However there are dark rumors of what terrible fates inevitable be fall those who seek to manipulate the Dreamers as though the force that loosens their tongues does not approve of anyone trying to monopolize or control the chaos the secrets can create.

Disturbed Cultists
     A frighteningly regular occurence in Bridgeport, there are always those who are seduced by the whispered offers of the Dark Gods and Demons that haunt the world. Worse still, not all these offers are lies, tricks or half-truths that are used to tempt the weak willed. Using dark rituals, ancient spells and unwholesome congress with cthonians, they seek to bring the Dark Gods back into the world or reawaken those who sleep in the world.