The Half-Dead City

The Half-Dead City

Prelude

Millennia ago the Osirion city of Wati was struck by an epidemic know as The Plague of Madness. When the sickness had run its course, over half of the city's population was dead. Centuries later, when the city finally recovered, the Church of Pharasma sealed off an entire section of Wati to serve as a tomb for all those who had lost their lives there.

The Ruby Prince Khemet III
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Now, in an effort to stimulate his nation's prosperity, the Ruby Prince Khemet III of Osirion is formally opening Wati's tombs to foreigners for exploration. He has ordered both the local authorities and the Pharasmin church to step aside and allow entry into the necropolis, a sprawling and labyrinthine city district weathered by the sands of time and yet unmarred by tomb robbers. As news travels to the far reaches of Golarion, adventurers, mercenaries, and scholars of all types flock to Wati, the Half-Dead City to plunder the knowledge and riches that surely lie within its long-sealed walls.

But even as the doors to the necropolis creak open, the Pharasmin clergy preach that no good can come from disturbing the rest of those under the protection of the Lady of Graves.