The Dead City Watchers

In the southern reaches of the continent of Luran, there lies an ancient ruin. Once home to the most advanced constructs ever built, Klane Levett is now host only to the ghosts and shambling corpses of the forgotten dead. Left behind by the calculating brass of Luranite royalty, the rotting remnants of the drowned city waits for deliverance long overdue. As long as the city remains in the clutches of the Riftmarked, the seemingly endless hordes of nightmarish terrors that reside there could come sweeping over the land as they have more than a dozen times before. The City is not entirely unmanned, however. The ancient keep of Gjeron's watch stands stoically above, and the Watchers within keep an eye on the Walled Grave. Generations of skilled warriors, mysterious mages, and dedicated scouts have manned the bastions for nearly two millennia, and it is their dedication - and paranoia - that has kept the city in check. Madrisi Mendoso is a privileged artificer from the north. As an expert on automata and constructs, he has many skills that could be improved by many of the arcane secrets left buried under the drowned city. He is ambitious, resourceful, and cunning. Unfortunately, he is also foppish, vain, and impulsive. After an argument with his uncle about the family business, Madrisi decides that the best way to improve his prospects is to unearth the secrets of Klane Levett. However, beneath the ancient city, secrets best left undisturbed work machinations of their own design. Much like Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate 3, The Magicians, and all the other inspirations for the setting and it's characters, there are a few sex scenes in the work. All sex scenes will be covered by a Spoiler for anyone who does not wish to read them. Tidbits you may miss if you don't read those scenes are included in the Author's note at the end of the chapter. Uploads every other Friday Dead City Watchers is a Human Made work with no artificial intelligence used in its creation or development.