The Marketplace

Lady Chroma arrived bearing the scroll of a hundred trades. Within it unfolded the bustling scene of a Linlang market: peddlers' drumbeats echoed through deep alleys, tavern banners reflected beneath house eaves. Tea smoke wound around painted beams, and children's songs drifted through bamboo blinds. The livelihoods of generations were contained therein, revealing the ways by which mortals made their lives and found their place in the world.