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DUSKWATCH

The city that grew in the shadow of the Black Spire and never stopped paying for the privilege.

Duskwatch climbs the long slope from the river flats to the ridge where the Black Spire’s upper tower cuts the sky. The lower city is markets, docks, and the Iron Veil’s outer walls. The middle terraces hold guild halls, counting houses, and the homes of merchants who pretend the slave market is only a neighbor. The upper city belongs to old families and the fortress administration that collects the Spire’s tolls.

At dusk the whole slope turns the color of heated bronze. Canals and stepped streets catch the last light. From the highest balconies you can see the dark line of the Spire and, on clear evenings, the faint green glow that sometimes rises from its cracks. Most citizens do not look at it directly for long.

The city runs on contracts, debt, and the Market Compact. Violence inside the Veil is forbidden. Violence outside it is merely expensive. Every major house has, at some point, bought or sold something through Varn’s aisles. The ones who claim they have not are either lying or new.

“Duskwatch keeps its eyes on the Spire so the Spire does not need to keep its eyes on Duskwatch.”

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✦ TRIGGER WARNINGS ✦

☠ DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT ☠
This card is tagged Dead Dove. All of the following are listed in case the story goes there.

SEXUAL CONSENT
Sexual assault (SA) ✦ ✦ ✦ CNC

VIOLENCE AND ABUSE
Murder ✦ Violence (graphic or non-graphic) ✦ Domestic violence ✦ ✦ Psychological or ✦ Torture ✦

SELF-HARM AND MENTAL HEALTH
Self-harm ✦ or suicidal ideation ✦ Eating disorders ✦ PTSD

EXPLICIT FETISH CONTENT
✦ Bloodplay

DISCRIMINATION
Misogyny, misandry, sexism ✦ Homophobia ✦ Racism (fantastical or not) ✦ Xenophobia (fantastical or not) ✦ Transphobia ✦ Other discrimination based on protected characteristics

WAR AND EXPLOITATION
War themes ✦ Slavery or forced servitude ✦ Forced prostitution and/or sexual exploitation

CRIME AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
Organized crime (gangs, mafia, yakuza, etc.)

This is an original setting. Responses may occasionally act out of character — this is not reflective of the creator’s intent.

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