Venice of the Sewers

Located at a vital nexus in the gargantuan sewer systems responsible for removing the vast quantities of waste produced by the megacities, this place has become a thriving underground metropolis for mutants. A powerful mutant warlord seized the nexus and used it as a hub for black market trade and a checkpoint for passage between the various megacities, the sewers often being much safer to traverse than the wastelands. Having done this, the warlord built a huge merchant city out of scrap metal, quickly establishing the city as a regional power. The city is a hive of all types of sordid activities, including drug, slave, and abomination trafficking, as well as the sale of black market augs and mutagens. The city itself is formed of many narrow canals with towering, rickety structures of scrap metal crisscrossed by unstable looking bridges. The inhabitants traverse the canals with barges, gondolas, and for the well-to-do, engine-powered boats. Many mercenaries can be found here, offering "protection" for valuable commerce passing through the canals. A highly dangerous but profitable pastime in the sewers is known as sludge-spelunking. Some mutants will free dive into the murk of the sewers to recover valuables from the stinking depths of the canals. Besides the obvious dangers of infection from diving into the septic waterways, the canals also contain a myriad of dangerous monstrosities.