The settlement of Sludge Harbour is on the edge of a vast (vast!) septic tank system which is fed effluent from up-hive. It is believed that Sludge Harbour was originally a farming settlement. The effluent from the septic tanks ensured a relatively fertile farming environment and fairly bountiful fungus harvests. Even today tiny farms and small holdings still make limited use of this 'natural' resource. As the farming communities grew larger, Guilder Caravans began to detour from older established routes to trade. The Caravans attracted outlaws and so the settlement grew more centralized for mutual defence and a small town sprang up where Sludge Harbour now sits though no one knows when the settlement was formally named. The settlement truly became an established trade hub when a local trader came up with the idea of providing safe transport for the
caravans by ferrying them across the sludge, safe from outlaws. Extensive rebuilding of the 'seafront' area of town yielded workable dockyards and ferry-barges were constructed fairly easily, the Enforcers moved in and built the first Precinct House (now burned out rubble from a particularly
nasty gas explosion) and then the second Precinct House (with better gas venting) as a bastion against outlaw predation. Similar seafront refurbishments were undertaken at other coastal settlements (amongst them, Port Stink, Slurry Docks and Slime Cove) and ferryroutes were established. These days, caravans that make it through to Sludge Harbour
unmolested may feel relatively safe until they set off from the other side of the Sludge Sea.
caravans by ferrying them across the sludge, safe from outlaws. Extensive rebuilding of the 'seafront' area of town yielded workable dockyards and ferry-barges were constructed fairly easily, the Enforcers moved in and built the first Precinct House (now burned out rubble from a particularly
nasty gas explosion) and then the second Precinct House (with better gas venting) as a bastion against outlaw predation. Similar seafront refurbishments were undertaken at other coastal settlements (amongst them, Port Stink, Slurry Docks and Slime Cove) and ferryroutes were established. These days, caravans that make it through to Sludge Harbour
unmolested may feel relatively safe until they set off from the other side of the Sludge Sea.