Floodmark

Named for the high-water marks that stripe its buildings like growth rings on a tree, each one higher than the last. Floodmark has been rebuilt five times, each iteration further uphill. Its current location is its last viable position — the next flood that exceeds the mark will force evacuation to West Reach. In the Drowned Reach, this site is one of the half-drowned settlements that rebuild themselves on stilts every generation around the Sunken City. The sea is steadily reclaiming the coast, and the Echo is the regional Fray-consequence that haunts the deeper channels. What the tide takes here, it usually takes for a reason — sometimes a Shard, sometimes a name, sometimes only the road that used to lead inland.