Introduction to Horizon Bay

 Dice Rollers: Campaign

Introduction to Horizon Bay

Horizon Bay, the main setting of this season’s Dice Rollers: Campaign, is a tiered city built into the seaside cliff face of the Brightview Plateau. It has three “Shelves”: Top, Middle, and Bottom, connected by a series of dwarf-engineered elevators. Home to about 300,000 permanent residents and as many as 50,000 visitors and passers-through at any given time, it is the cultural hub of the region, and is often referred to as the Jewel of Esmon.

The city is ruled by a council of seven elected members, who are elected for up to four three-year terms. One of these council seats is always reserved for a pirate lord from the free city of Flagrise, a city that was instrumental in the liberation of Horizon Bay from the Kingdom of East Riverrun.

The higher up you live in the city, the better off you typically are. The Top Shelf is for the wealthy and the ruling elite—perhaps ironically, as the class divide is one thing the city went to war to combat—and on the Bottom Shelf you will find the slums of the city. The one exception to this is the Docks, on the Bottom Shelf, which are an important part of the city’s trade. 

The city is also home to the headquarters of the illustrious Horizon Bay Adventurers Guild, an organization where one can earn gold and glory by taking on jobs too dangerous for your average person. You are not a member of the Guild yet, but you will be by the end of our introductory adventure.