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WORSE THAN A DUNGEON?
Dateline: 1-
It has finally happened. Some Berenian citizens are so lowly that they can't even live in a dungeon.
Recent construction has caused a wave of activity in Red Mountain Keep, and many immigrants have arrived seeking work. Unfortunately for its' poorer citizens, the new buildings are almost exclusively catering to adventurers and the wealthy, shutting out the many craftsmen who have long endured the difficult life of the dungeon laborer.
As a result, a tent city has sprouted just outside the Red Mountain. Known as ‘The Stank’, for the uniquely unpleasant odor that seems to hang over the place, the citizenry live in squalor while being squeezed for their last coin. One penniless laborer explained things clearly. "Either the guards are hassling you or the gangs are. At least in the courtyard the monsters would distract them some. Here you pay up or go swim in the lava."
Of course one man's squalor is another's progress. Lady Mariah Stuglehoffen, of the Crown Commission for Tourism and Adventure, said "Look at all the wonderful things being built in Red Mountain Keep and you'll see it is Bereny's Finest Dungeon! It's a wonderful place to live." Traders happily told this reporter that as food prices here are easily double that of nearby cities, there was plenty of gold to be earned.
"If you can't make gold here," said one trader, "you deserve to live in the Stank."
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