Bootstuck Marsh Borough

Bootstuck Marsh Borough is a borough of the Temples Ward of Trynser City. Like the name suggests, the borough is dominated by tarry muck saturated by the fouled Habertius River. Decaying pilings driven into the sludge support kludged together bridges and sagging buildings. A few decrepit piers support the economy, very little money goes into the gnarled hands of the hardscrabble rivermen who work here, but a good share of the merchandise does. Hence, only low-value (or illegal) goods are delivered here. Otherwise, some of the residents pole rude boats and rafts through the muck out into the bay to fish, or go angling directly off the boardwalks for fish (and other things) while fish (and other things) go angling for them.
There is disagreement among city officials over whether the borough is actually incorporated. There's occasionally a burgher in office. Otherwise, there's next to nothing in city services. Few roads penetrate the muck, the residents resent and resist any incursion from the TCMF, and the borough's only access to the city's vaunted sewer system is through the outflows.
Still, the residents here live their short and perilous lives proudly. Bootstuck rivermen are a rebellious bunch constantly replenished by fugitives defying Imperial authority within direct cannon shot of the Citadel.
Category:Temples Ward
Category:Bootstuck Marsh Borough
Category:Boroughs