Eidolon is a haunted city, equal parts Sweeney Todd, Dracula, and Neuromancer. Industry is driven by necromancy; the coaches on the streets are pulled by poltergeists and the lamps are lit with fingerbones. It’s shrouded in gloom and people need hope—and that’s why they need you. We’re bringing Eidolon: The Ghost Market to Backerkit this coming Tuesday, and we need your support to bring it to life. Just following the project makes a huge difference for us. This month we’re taking you on a walking tour of Eidolon, telling you a little about each district of the city.  Read on as we explore- TheUndertow!

The Undertow is crowded, rough and salty. This is the waterfront district where shipping links Eidolon to distant lands. The people on the streets are a blend of tourists, sailors and dockworkers, and at any moment you’re likely to hear curses in half a dozen languages. The docks are the domain of the Castagar Trading Company, but the heights of the Undertow belong to House Ushant, whose founders came to Eidolon to explore paths of arcane science forbidden in other lands. While the general industry of Eidolon is driven by necromancy, in the Undertow you’ll encounter the strange results of Ushant ingenuity, deranged science whose results can be both wondrous and deadly. Look closer and you’ll see that each streetlight here here draws light from a different source—heated ectoplasm, charged aether, an imprisoned pixie. The residents of the district include an uncanny array of people blending aspects of human and animal. A gorilla-like simiah hauls a heavy crate while a clever frog clears a path for them. While it’s possible the ribbet is from a distant land filled with frog-folk, in Eidolon it’s just as likely that they were once human before being subjected to Ushant experiments. The Undertow holds the largest hospital in the city: its official name is the Eidolon Infirmary, but given that House Ushant harvests the organs of anyone who dies there, residents call it the Abattoir. 

House Castager’s tourist guide encourages travelers to make their way through the Undertow as quickly as possible, settling in the safer and more luxurious districts of Highgate and Paradise. However, those willing to brave the Undertow can find wonders and allies hidden in its alleys and warehouses. That simiah dockworker has a gruff exterior, but he’s got a big heart… even if he doesn’t know who it originally belonged to. 

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