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Piemanlives:
Hailing from the city state of Belmore, a Ranght is a high position in the cities hierarchy. Often associated with the Militant trading houses, a Ranght's position typically they are the houses voice should the head be "Incapacitated" in anyway such it would bar them from duty for extended periods of time. They typically hold important administration roles within the houses business, organizing expeditions to other cities, meeting with important clients, and more importantly leading war parties against other houses. As the houses are typically competing for the same contracts they often plan against one another, from hiring pirates to raid convoys to attack each other in broad daylight. The city is often thrown into chaos when a house war is in session, wars which often upset the balance of power. The city's ruling council has their hands full keeping the houses going to war with one another, most Ranght's detest the ruling council, thinking that their house should be the one in control. Fortunatly the city militia is under the command of civilian operators, whose loyalty to the council is unquestioned.
Hagishpah
BdrLineAzn:
A local delicacy, Hagishpah originated from Dampfstadt in the Three Bays region. It mainly consist of seafood from the lake where the city resides. A delicate recipe, it has a long cooking time which needs 14 hours to complete, during which spices are added during different part of the process. Visitors to the city claim that it has a distinct aroma because of the blend of the spices and meat. When consumed, the meat is thick, yet tender to bite.
Oculevator
Piemanlives:
Oculevators are large telescope mounted watch towers. Often built into city walls or fortresses they provide an excellent view range to their operators. Oculevators consist of the tower proper, whether this be a prebuilt defensive tower or a purpose made structure. An elevator like device that carries the operator to the scope's control platform. And finally the telescope itself, with several different range of lenses allowing for distance changes, a radiowave device and several signal flags allowing communication with allied forces. The crew consists of the telescope's operator, the radio operator, the signal officer, a single guardsmen, and the elevator operator. This tends to be a dangerous position to hold as more often than not oculevators are high value targets.
The Deep Sea Fish Loves You Forever
Mill Wilkinson:
A classic children's song about a huge fish that resembles a skywhale. While this song may seem ridiculous it does carry some merit, as several bone finds have emerged near Sylka proving that once there were humongous beasts carrying a bone-structure not fit for flight.
Lyrics of this song vary greatly among different regions, but almost every town has a version. Some even claim that a man's origin can be traced from his interpretation of "The Deep Sea Fish Loves You Forever".
The Spiral Slack
Keon:
When a clumsy airhand forgets to tie up a mooring line, the rope can be seen below the ship spiraling around in the wind, bright as a flag. While most mistakes caused by spiral slacks are harmless, many mistakes such as a loose hydrogen vent have been fatal. Said airhand is doomed to be called "Spiral Slack" until somebody else joins the crew who is stupider than he or she. Every crew has one, it seems, so common that it's become an unofficial rank in most millitaries, fit only for swabbing the decks and arranging cargo.
Fishgliding.
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