Street rumors that are common knowledge
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“Elis Kulf has been mayor for six years. That’s six years of watching people turn to black dust while the Labs says ‘we’re working on it.’”
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“Leonore of Alyss promises to tax the wealthy and redistribute to the poor. Sounds good until you realize the Al’ar don’t pay taxes—they just want us to pay for their schemes.”
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“Grothor Morain talks about protecting farmers, but Dragon Logistics is the one mapping the tunnels and selling that information to whoever pays. He’s no better than the rest.”
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“The child begging by the river—the one with crystals on her skin—I heard she’s the daughter of a Dawn Town worker. The Labs offered to ‘treat’ her if the father signed some papers. He refused. Now she’s out there every day.”
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“They’re saying Rhine Lab found a cure for oripathy but won’t share it because Chrysalis Labs would lose funding if the crisis ended. Typical corporate rivalry, people dying in the middle.”
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“Frank at the Feygarden Tavern is a goblin, but he’s honest. If you need to know what’s really happening in the city, buy him a drink and he’ll tell you. Well, most of it.”
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“The silver being on the Highland Plateau? That’s been there for centuries. My grandfather’s grandfather saw it. The goliaths treat it like some kind of test. If you can out-flex it, you’ve proven yourself worthy. Of what, nobody knows.”
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“Morlock, the old high priest from Malachite, came through here last week escorting someone important. Wouldn’t say who, but the way the city militia cleared the road? Must’ve been someone powerful.”
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“The Labs built that facility in Dawn Town on top of something old. Real old. Workers say they hear sounds at night—machinery that hasn’t been used in centuries, grinding back to life.”
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“Dwarves built this city’s foundations, and now we blame them for the disease. It’s not their fault originium is poison. They didn’t know. None of us did.”