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<blockquote data-quote="The Cardinal" data-source="post: 2797216" data-attributes="member: 634">Today, confronted with muddy streets in spring or fall and the stench of thousands in summer, few visitors or inhabitants of Kelnmouth realize that the main element, which allowed the quick rise of a large settlement at this spot near the river, was the pre-existence of an ancient system of more or less stable subterranean tunnels, some of them leading directly into the river, at this exact location.Except for some rather large rats the first settlers found those tunnels to be completely empty, so before long some settlers dug a few access shafts and started dumping their sewage into this pre-made canalization, thus giving the town its very own sewer system. Though the &quot;sewers&quot; were never planned as such and tend to clog up or overflow under certain conditions, they nonetheless gave Kelnmouth the potential to harbor many thousands of citizens without an overwhelming risk of plagues and diseases.Nowadays, however, the sewer tunnels themselves are a dangerous place to be - even for the hardy men who work as &quot;Tunnel Guards&quot; for the city. Besides the risks of disease, rats, a large population of carrion crawlers and crumbling tunnels, there are also the &quot;regulars&quot; of the Splinterpalace who like to take shortcuts through the sewers - and then there's the Stalker of Kelnmouth, who may have his lair down here...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Cardinal, post: 2797216, member: 634"] Today, confronted with muddy streets in spring or fall and the stench of thousands in summer, few visitors or inhabitants of Kelnmouth realize that the main element, which allowed the quick rise of a large settlement at this spot near the river, was the pre-existence of an ancient system of more or less stable subterranean tunnels, some of them leading directly into the river, at this exact location. Except for some rather large rats the first settlers found those tunnels to be completely empty, so before long some settlers dug a few access shafts and started dumping their sewage into this pre-made canalization, thus giving the town its very own sewer system. Though the "sewers" were never planned as such and tend to clog up or overflow under certain conditions, they nonetheless gave Kelnmouth the potential to harbor many thousands of citizens without an overwhelming risk of plagues and diseases. Nowadays, however, the sewer tunnels themselves are a dangerous place to be - even for the hardy men who work as "Tunnel Guards" for the city. Besides the risks of disease, rats, a large population of carrion crawlers and crumbling tunnels, there are also the "regulars" of the Splinterpalace who like to take shortcuts through the sewers - and then there's the Stalker of Kelnmouth, who may have his lair down here... [/QUOTE]

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