Boulderay

## Intro

Podcast Thumbnail Artwork from Episode 40: Paralyte's Poison - It's a Trap!. Artwork features Everguards in a guard tower in Boulderay.

### Inhabitants

Various Species

> "High above the misty Elderpine forests and the icy waters of Shear Lake lies Boulderay, a quaint alpine village nestled on the peak of the towering Vass Highlands. Merely one realm in a sea of domains that make up the world of Faeza." - Stinky Dragon Barkeep
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The city of Boulderay is located in the world of Faeza, on the continent of Klatsch, and among the Vass Highlands. Boulderay is a mining city world famous for their deposits of magical purple-glowing ore called "Sangrianite," the mining of which forms the backbone of Boulderay's economy. Sangrianite is valuable as a light source due to its purple glow, and it also can have an intoxicating effect in certain applications. It is also the home of the Infinights, and the headquarters and resting point between the main characters' many adventures. Boulderay is where the party is first introduced, travelling into town by carriage.

As a result of a mine cave-in, an enormous crevasse divides the city of Boulderay in half. The cave-in was officially declared an accident with unknown cause, but some miners say they heard shouting in the mines beforehand followed by a loud bang. After the cave-in, the main source of income for the city shifted from mining to the Infinights (tourism and merchandise sales).

The southern entrance of the city features sheer cliffs and a wooden, steel-banded gate. The city has coastal access near the cliffs located on the north side of the city.

## Notable Locations

* Coupon Pawn
* Infinight Headquarters - far northwest corner of town
* Mayor's Office
* Sangrianite Mines
* School Library
* Temple of Dia - southeast corner of town
* Thrown Gauntlet Tavern

## Paralyte's Poison

During the events of Paralyte's Poison, Paralyte and her Everguards seize control of the city while the Infinight Interns are stranded in Kaltberg. During this occupation, a curfew was instituted, Dr. Ahem was placed in stocks in the town square, and Paralyte kidnapped Mayor Prattle. Upon their return, the adventuring party with the assistance of Spectril and the supervision of Slique were able to rescue Dr. Ahem and oust the Everguards. The adventuring party used Dr. Ahem's dreamery experiment to experience the early memories of Slique and Spectril in an attempt to find where Paralyte had escaped to. During these visions, it is revealed that the Sangrianite mine cave-in that plagued the city and its economy was likely caused during an argument between Paralyte and Mayor Prattle.

## Betwix the Bramblecracks

When the party returns from Buh-Bayou, they find the city engulfed in darkness. While walking around the perimeter of the darkness covering the city, the party is pulled in. After Gum Gum attacked the group that pulled them into the darkness (a group of gray-skinned humanoids with indigo eyes, clothed in shadow from head to toe, and armed with pitch black blades), their attackers bow and disappear. A moment later, Bart's shadow started to stretch out across the ground and took the form of slender woman with long dark hair, pointed ears, and indigo eyes. The figured introduced itself as Inku, Queen of the Shawdowmane. She invited Bart to visit so she could tell Bart the story of how she trapped his parents.