Innsmouth

Fishing, crabbing, trapping lobsters, and harvesting clams is the primary industry of Innsmouth. This comprises the majority of the townsfolk diet. They also export preserved seafood and fish oil to other ports along the bay. If the wind is favorable, some fisherman take their fresh catches to Blackrock or Westport for sale.

The salt spray from both the bay to the east and the strait to the south prevent most forms of agriculture. However, some households are able to maintain small herb gardens, a few families maintain small herds of sheep, goats, and cattle.

A small inn, called the Gilman House, serves sailors who are unable to return to their home ports due to unfavorable winds across Brigand's Bay, as well as infrequent merchants. The town name of "Innsmouth" is derived from the placement of this inn at the mouth of the bay.

About a half mile south of town, up the gradual slope towards the cliffs down to the strait, an ancient temple lies half-buried in the hillside. The weathered stone edifice is pock-marked with moss and lichens. The only opening is a stone archway with no door facing to the north. The capstone of the arch is engraved with a trident, a popular symbol of sea gods.

Inside of the temple is a single room decorated with faded carvings of sea creatures, both real and mythical. A small stone pedestal at the far end of the room from the entrance has a shallow indentation where locals and visiting sailors sacrifice fish and other sea creatures to their respective sea gods.

The buildings of Innsmouth are one to two-story wooden structures. The sidings and wooden shingles are all faded gray from exposure to the elements.

Other than the mouth of the bay, the southern coast of Wallacia is comprised of 200-300 foot tall black stone cliffs. The waves of the strait either crash directly into the base of the cliffs, or onto countless rock spires and shattered block stone boulders.

From the top of cliffs south of Innsmouth, the ground slopes gradually down to the Manuxet River. The sea spray leaves a salt smell to the air, and salt contamination prevent anything larger than coarse grasses and low shrubs from growing.

The town of Innsmouth is on the south bank of the Manuxet River, 2-3 miles north of the Dragons Teeth reef where Brigand's Bay empties into the Strait of Storms. The north bank of the river is a large salt marsh, which is the beginning of Smuggler's Fen. The nearest forests are 2-3 miles further upstream, and about 5 miles to the north across the marsh.