Plagued Under the Spire

Plague Beneath the Spire is a prequel companion to the Spire saga, set in Harbor’s Edge when the fog-choked city is being eaten alive by Grayrot—a sickness that doesn’t spread like a normal plague. It jumps, flaring up in clean patterns across distant districts as if someone is carrying it past wardlines on purpose.

With the city sliding toward panic, relief workers and investigators are pushed into the worst streets with too few supplies, while those in power protect what’s profitable and let the rest rot. As desperate survivors, hardened organizers, and relentless problem-solvers try to keep people alive, they uncover signs that the outbreak isn’t an accident—it’s a message, a mechanism, and a test.

When quarantine fails and a masked visitor introduces a shard-wrought “key” that can suspend the sickness in a single body, the crisis turns from public health to something far older: a bargain. And in Harbor’s Edge, bargains always come due.