You grew up beneath the docks, among the flooded tunnels, forgotten cellars, and hidden wharves claimed by the Wharf Rats. Whether born into their sprawling family or adopted after hardship drove you underground, you learned to survive through loyalty, quick hands, and an intimate knowledge of the waterfront.   Wharf Rats may be smugglers, scavengers, sailors, dockworkers, or thieves—but they protect their own fiercely. The tunnels beneath Craysilt were granted to them as a protected and sacrosanct domain by High King Justinian Grey, and even generations later, the Rats remember that debt.

Feature: The Rats' Ways

You possess an uncanny familiarity with docks, sewers, canals, warehouses, and waterfront settlements. You can usually locate hidden access points, unofficial ferries, abandoned tunnels, and places where a person might disappear for a while.   When you reveal yourself as a Wharf Rat, or convincingly invoke their customs, you can expect basic shelter, food, local rumors, and minor assistance from dockworkers, smugglers, street children, and fellow Rats who are not actively hostile to your cause. They will not risk their lives or livelihoods without good reason, but they will rarely surrender one of their own to the authorities.

d8	Specialty
1	Smuggler and hidden-cargo runner
2	Rooftop and rigging lookout
3	Sewer and tunnel guide
4	Dockside pickpocket
5	Salvager and wreck-diver
6	Fence or black-market courier
7	Boat thief and midnight ferryman
8	Protector of Wharf Rat children

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