Overview
Pagked is an industrial settlement central to the poison-production arc, defined by polluted infrastructure, coercive control, and Carters-concentrated logistics.
Current Status
- Remains a pivotal production/logistics node in campaign evidence trails.
Role in Story
- Converts abstract notebook clues into concrete factory, ledger, and shipment investigations.
- Anchors the transition from detective work into direct industrial-site operations.
Timeline Highlights
- Early clue stage: appears in notebook and ledger intelligence.
- Infiltration stage: party enters and maps social/industrial conditions.
- Factory stage: confirms production of lethal compound components and seized documentation.
Session Evidence
- In Session 21, a recovered notebook named Decrosia and the town of Pagked with the words “insufficient quantity.”
- In Session 28, ledger review described Pagked as a polluted industrial town where Carters Consortium is the only present guild.
- In Session 28, ledger review said Pagked has experienced multiple mass-poisoning die-offs in its history.
- In Session 29, the party entered Pagked and described smokestacks, aging factories, a polluted river, a cemetery with open/empty graves, and two usable bridges including one patched span.
- In Session 29, residents were observed as pale-green undead and automatons were observed performing manual labor.
- In Session 29, locals identified Decrosia as “The Boss.”
- In Session 29, the party reported no apparent social infrastructure in town.
- In Session 30, party operations split between social contact with townsfolk and stealth movement through abandoned factories.
- In Session 30, the party investigated factories while searching for the source of pollution.
- In Session 31, the party identified factory production of Tremor Paste and Brain Grit tied to Graydirge poison context.
- In Session 32, party notes say seized factory business documents described imports from Alkenstar sold at a loss.
- In Session 32, party notes describe an office fire during pursuit and continued resistance near the one usable bridge out of town.
- In Session 37, party notes say crates found in Nathnelma’s basement were addressed to Pagked.
Relationships
- Linked to Decrosia through notebook entries.
- Trade/logistics concentration tie to Carters Consortium.
- Outbound cart operation and local Carters leadership tie to The Shroud.