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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 756581" data-attributes="member: 1125">1. Everyone knows about the marriage of the Lady Kelvin to Lord Kelvin and the Ladys delight in arranging the marriages of her many grandchildren (some of whom seem to have a talent as scorcerers). However there are whispers and questions still concerning her true identity, for nothing is known of her childhood before Lord kelvin introduced her to his household and the city.What is her connection to the Warren of caves beneath the city and why were all records and artifacts brought back by the last expedition of the City Museum confiscated and sealed? Why is it that for three months of each year the Lady completely dissapears from public view so that even the Castellan can not contact her? Who is the Lady Kelvin?3. The City Guard is a remnant of the original occupying forces used to subdue the area and establish the city on the frontier. Of course those frontier days are long since past but Mors End still has its share of rowdiness and raiding. The Guardsmen are a  force mainly trained as infantry who serve the Council of Warders under the authority of the City Commander (currently Sebastiano Palmora second son of Anton Plamora).The Castellan also keeps a small elite guard of archers who form the official bodyguard to the Lady Kelvin and are present at all official functions.Beyond this is the house guard of the Noble houses, the Guilds, Temples and Clans.4. The Silk Fish Harvester Clans (Palmora, Andovan, Maschal etc) are mainly elven and consider themselves to be the 'original'  people of Mors End and to have claims that predate the founding of the city. It is known that the Silk Fish were harvested prior to the city being incorporated and the Museum of Antiquities has documented various ancient campsites which Fish Harvesters may have used. The Silk Fish Harvesters maintain many customary traditions that fall outside the authority of the city Council of Warders including that of the Convocation and the appointment of a 'Harvest Master'  (currently Anton Palmora) who holds the artifact known as the Trident of The Lake. The Harvest Master has a seat on the Council of Warders.The Silk Harvesters through their control of the Lake and shipping are of some importance to the City and so the Council and Lady Kelvin do give them a degree of autonomy. The Families are also quite wealthy and many also have land based investments in vinyards and in cattle and horse breeding operations. However the autonomy of the clans does mean that the Fish Harvester clans can openly oppose a city edict if they so choose - this has happened only once in the history of the city but could happen again. Some of the Clans are also known to be involved in smuggling operations and to have links with the blackmarket.The Blackmarket is an interesting structure in Mors End. There is no single 'theives guild' as such but rather a series of 'gangs' each controlling a particular territory and some with connections to the clans and/or noble houses. There is however a central group of Smugglers and 'Fences' whose role is that of broker and dealer in the various goods procured by the gangs - that is to buy and sell illegal merchandise and somehow get it into general circulation. Silas Pimm is a master Fence who runs a pawnbrokers business selling goods to adventurer-types8. The Museum of Antiquities is the key archive and repository of artifacts in the area. It is staffed by clergy, bards and loremasters who have the singular purpose of collecting, collating and recording the histroy of the city and surrounding lands. All official documents of the city eventually find there way into the Museum archives. The current director of the Museum is Brother Lukatus a Erudite Sage who organises an annual expedition to explore various ruins and sites of interest in the area around Mors End for which he often requires support - from bodyguards and feild researchers. However some of his finds have been confiscated in the past and Lukatus is being closely watched least his explorations become a danger to the status quo...</blockquote>

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