The Wongery

January 6, 2026: Fishertown—Encounter Tables

(Fishertown is not particularly busy at night, and nighttime encounters are likely to be substantially less frequent.)

Daytime Encounters Nighttime Encounters
1 A fisherman on their way to the docks to set out for a day of fishing A drunk fisherman staggering home from a late night at a tavern
2 A fisherman on their way back from the docks with a haul of fish A fisherman who works by night to catch some kind of nocturnal fish
3 A flock of seagulls, who may pester anyone who they think has food A stray dog or cat; may be dangerous if cornered or startled
4 A merchant here to buy the fishermen's wares for their own wholesaling business Scavengers searching the area for any equipment or bits of fish that might have been dropped during the day
5 A child, possibly a child or grandchild of one of the area's fishermen, or possibly a homeless street urchin A lobsterman with a cage full of crustaceans
6 A furtive archaeologist hoping to carry out studies where they're not welcome while the residents aren't awake to stop them A jealous fisherman on their way to sabotage a rival's boat under cover of darkness
7 A streetsweeper cleaning up the refuse from the roads and docks (and probably sweeping it into the ocean) Smugglers using the Fishertown docks to bring illicit wares into the city
8 An archaeologist here from the university to seek traces of the area's past A giant crab that wandered out of the ocean onto the shore
9 A shipwright on his way to the docks to a boat they were hired to repair A careless fisherman discarded a broken net; passersby who don't see it in the dark may become tangled in it
10 A wizard hired by the fisherman to help their fishing with their spells A body, dead or unconscious. Maybe just a passed-out drunkard, maybe the victim of a murder...
11 A wealthy tourist from another land who wants to see historic (albeit smelly) Fishertown The ghost of a dead fisherman, perhaps from the time of the Fishers' Revolt
12 A historical artifact from the city's past, recently unearthed by erosion. Not necessarily magical—but it could be...