Bilgewater

Bilgewater is a haven for smugglers, marauders, and the unscrupulous, where fortunes are made and ambitions shattered in the blink of an eye. For those fleeing justice, debt, or persecution, it is a city of new beginnings; no one on the twisted streets of Bilgewater cares about your past. It's a melting pot of cultures, races, and creeds, alive with activity at all hours.

While incredibly dangerous, Bilgewater is also ripe with opportunity, free from the shackles of government, regulation, and moral constraints. If you have the coin, almost anything can be purchased in Bilgewater, from outlawed hextech to the favor of local crime lords. Nevertheless, come daybreak, the unwary are found floating in the harbor, their purses empty and their throats slit.

Surrounded by treacherous straits and towering cliffs, Bilgewater Bay is as dangerous as those who call it home. Visitors are often seduced by seemingly limitless opportunity, and become permanent residents—realizing that the longer they stay, the more they can exploit others for power and wealth.

**Rat Town:** Bilgewater Bay is the main
entrance to the largest settlement of Bilgewater, Rat Town. Butcher's Bridge,
which is located upstream and above the Slaughter Docks, acts as a gate to the
inner parts of the city as well as the bridge to the Temple of the Mother
Serpent, one of the largest and most important structures of Bilgewater's
previous native inhabitant. Fleet Street has various pubs and
taverns and boasts the island's finest rum.

**Butcher's Bridge:** Looming over the main
harbor is Butcher’s Bridge, an ancient stone overpass built into the cliffs,
connecting the bustling piers with the notorious slums beyond. Some still use
it to access the Temple of Nagakabouros, but most now gather here to fight
duels or exchange their illicit wares.

**Temple of The Mother Serpent:** Bilgewater's
temple for the deity known as Nagakabouros. It is here where Illaoi with the
help of her God was able to cast out Hecarim and the other undead wraiths from
the Bay during one of the Harrowings.

**Slaughter Docks:** In addition to the deadly
currents, hidden reefs and the constant threat of piracy, massive sea monsters
are a constant threat in the waters around Bilgewater. Fleets leave port at
sunset every night to hunt these mighty beasts. If successful, they return to
the Slaughter Docks to render the once-great creatures down to meat, bones, and
armored hides. The Slaughter Docks are located next to Rat Town, beneath
Butcher's Bridge. The sea around the Slaughter-docks is often darkened by the
blood of slain sea monsters.

**Carving Bays:** From MacGregan’s Killhouse to
the renowned outfits at Bloodharbor, slaughter docks operate day and night to
turn death into profit. Only the most successful captains can ever hope to run
their own dock, so most are forced to haggle for the best deal before their
prize begins to rot in the water.

**The Dead Pool:** Anchored near the Slaughter
Docks, the enormous, three-masted behemoth, The greatest captains flagship was one of the
most infamous vessels in Runeterra. Inherited after his ruthless patricide, the
Dead Pool was as much a reminder of the dread captain’s power as it was the
physical manifestation of it.

**White Wharf:** Located near the Slaughter
Docks, Bilgewater’s White Wharf earned its name thanks to the layer of bird
waste covering it from end to end, which was only to be expected at a resting
place for the dead. In Bilgewater, the dead are not buried, but given back to
the ocean, and this is where it all happens. The Boatman ferries the bodies of
the departed to the various graveyards scattered about the straits surrounding
the city.