Gallows Humour

The Nightcrawler may have been defeated, but It and the Children have definitely left their mark on the united kingdoms. Ever since the war, further crises have befallen Albion. A coup d'etat at Ravenscar Keep over a month ago, the collapse of the economy despite Reaver's return to Reaver Industries, the Sophisticated Balverines in control of Millfields, and last but not least: the crisis at Bloodstone.

The port town of Bloodstone has recently been brought to the attention of Queen Rose. In spite of being isolated from the rest of the Kingdom due to Wraithmarsh, compared to the Bowerstone region... Bloodstone as a community has flourished. In this sea-rover haven, lawmen are as rare as hen's teeth. Organised and disorganised crime is the way of life in Bloodstone. Nearly everything is for sale, and work is easier and more profitable than anything that is offered in Bowerstone.

The Royal Family have no neighbours to rely on for help. Samarkand is too far away; the Court's troubled relationship with Aurora has yet to change for the better, and now trouble is brewing at Bloodstone.