West Reach

A town on the western edge of the Reach where solid ground gradually gives way to marshland and then open water. West Reach is the last conventional settlement before the interior — beyond it, everything floats or sinks. Its raised boardwalks connect to Floodmark through a chain of pontoon bridges. 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.