Hideaway

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"You speak of the city on the back of a beast. It is difficult to find, for it roams of Unterzee - above and below. It scorched it's belly on Mount Palmerson and snapped the top of Massey's Shaft. It blocked the harbor of Adam's Way and gave birth to the Grand Geode. Why, last you heard, it was making to London..."

-Zee Captain's account of Hideaway to the storytellers of Low Barnet

Drilled and tethered on the back of a giant arthropod lies a city of outcasts and fugitives. All walks of life, from the streets of London to the water paths of Khan's Heart, find there way here if they need a hiding spot. Hideaway is a culture blend of sorts. And the city is always alive with festivals and rituals. Travelers can take part in these festivals and, if they are willing and brave enough, can hear from the mouths of all the Neath's rejects there accounts and experiences.

However, the city holds a dark secret, a secret hidden that the higher ups will kill to protect. The beast, despite it's great size, is still growing. And, if arthropod biology still behaves like it does on regular scale, this means it's going to molt...