Naples

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"Even by night, the Port of Naples is alive with shouts and laughter and work-songs, the roar of engines. Brick warehouses loom over the moon-dazzled bay. By day, you try to stay below decks. The sun hits like a hammer, and the wind always seems to come straight from the struggling sewers of the slums."

Down the Tyrrhenian coast lies the city of Naples, Italy: a loud, busy, and very foreign port that's positively alive with activity and opportunities. While a grizzled zailor may feel out of place, the port is brimming with different ways to satisfy the urges of the flesh. The food of the Neath is completely outclassed by the delicacies of Naples, but fuel can be much harder to come by, this far from Hell.

Naples and the Neath have a tenuous relationship with each other, admittedly. Due to the power of sunlight, almost all of the Neath's fantastic delights crumble into nothing when they reach the Surface, causing tales of the Neath to be simply unbelievable. Furthermore, even the most grizzled zailor only has minimal knowledge of the seas sailed by Surface sailors, so they're often ill-prepared for Surface weather and the ocean's waves. On the bright side, however, darkdrop coffee is beloved on the Surface.