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15 minutes of new D&D brainstorming, part 5

I'm going to try and hide this from my players, but if you're a player and have opened this, please stop! I'm copying from my previous post to expand upon it. Now though, I'm going to focus on the city of Thanatos, where the adventure begins. Expanded world notes are here.

Thanatos

  • City of about 10,000 but hard to tell as many come to this town to die
  • Beautiful city on the coast that is surrounded by forest
    • Once you make your way through the forest, you see the towering stone walls of Thanatos: you have arrived at what is known as the city of the walking dead. Guards ask your business in town, but don't seem overly concerned and are rarely checking cargo. The smell of salty sea air wafts through the town, replacing the scent of the pine forest. You had heard stories of Thanatos being a dark and eerie place, but it looks pretty much like any other city you've seen.
  • Population skews older than other cities
  • Despite it's sometimes creepy reputation, it's quite lively and lovely with bustling streets
  • Many come to live their final days here as it's quite beautiful and the death care industry is prominent
  • 5 taverns/inns that have an attached care home
    • Sea of Dignity Tavern
      • Specializes in burial at sea
    • The Trillium
      • Takes in bodies, but sells them for science and reanimation (nothing that traps the soul though)
    • The Arbor
      • Specializes in forest burial
    • Park Lawn Inn
      • Generalist, has the largest graveyard
    • Ypiresía Etaireía
      • Specializes in cremation
      • Also does fireworks 
  • Town guard and garrison
    • Christos Giannopoulos, captain of the guard (appointed by council)
      • Half-elf
      • Fighter
      • Male
      • 34, served for 5 years
    • Random town guard name generator
    • Guard stats
  • Temple to Thanatos
    • Thanatos Academy
      • Death care academy attached to the temple
      • Cassandra Gerea, head mistress (appointed by instructors of the academy)
        • Goliath
        • Female
        • 48, served for 2 years
      • 200 students at any one time
        • Diverse as people come from all over
    • Sophia Ioannidis, high priestess (appointed by priests/esses of temple)
      • Wood elf
      • Female
      • 68, served for 50 years
    • Vasiliki Oikonomou, seer (found by temple priests/esses)
      • Aarakocra
      • Nonbinary
      • 81, served for 70 years
  • Zoo
  • Marketplace (worker name generator)
    • Blacksmiths
      • The Bouncy Shield, more armor and shield focused
      • The Invincible Hunt, more weapon focused
    • General store: The Wet Crow
    • Fancy clothing store: The Fancy Mark
    • Basic clothing store: Sew and Tell
    • Camping gear store: The Arriving Hazelnut
    • Pet shop and stable: The Fair Pet
    • Apothecary: The Busy Bite Apothecary
    • Bookstore etc.: The Puzzled Window Newsstand
    • Carpenter: The Jealous Tree
    • Toy shop: The Rhyming Crate
    • Music shop: The Talking Duck
    • Art gallery: The Jumping Dwarf
    • Bakeries
      • The Whimsical Plate
      • The Amusing Mug
    • Restaurants
      • Lord of the Fries
      • The Last Bite
    • Food stalls
      • Throughout city
      • Carpe Donut
      • Pita Pan
      • Nincomsoup
  • The docks
    • Can buy fish, boats, other sea things
      • Oh My Cod: Seafood seller
      • The Codfather: Seafood restaurant
      • Buy the Way: Boat seller/renter, can arrange tours
  • Council
    • 1 council member for every 1,000 people, so 10 total
    • Members elected every 5 years, election just happened
    • Yiorgos Papageorgiou
      • Fire genasi
      • 26, served for 5 years
      • Male
    • Yiannis Georgiou
      • Aasimar
      • 81, just elected
      • Male
    • Vassilis Pappas
      • Deep gnome
      • 73, served for 25 years
      • Male
      • Chief counselor
    • Dimitris Nikolaou
      • Dragon born
      • 18, just elected
      • Nonbinary
    • Michalis Karagiannis
      • Half-orc
      • 30, served for 5 years
      • Nonbinary
    • Eleni Vlachos
      • Rock gnome
      • 56, served for 15 years
      • Nonbinary
    • Konstandina Makris
      • Mountain dwarf
      • 85, served for 10 years
      • Female
    • Paraskevi Dimitriou
      • Water genasi
      • 64, just elected
      • Female
    • Katerina Alexiou
      • Goliath
      • 93, served for 40 years
      • Female
    • Angeliki Theodorou
      • Aarakocra
      • 32, served for 10 years
      • Female
  • Diverse city as people come from all over to study death care

(Prompt by me)

"Ready to Roll" by Benjamin Esham. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). 


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