Only the most desperate cross the river to the South of Deadmanstown to search for artifacts and food. This rat-infested village of hovels to the North only survives because of treasure-hunters the desperate who hope to make it big by traveling to the ruins of Deadmanstown to find Atlantean artifacts to sell in the markets of Jorviksburg and Kingston.

The “cursed ferry” as it is called is pushed by one brave boy just after sunrise, and then back again an hour before the sun falls once again. The Earl's Men commanded by Angus McNasty, Reeve of Worm's Ferry on the West shore help collect the tolls and dole out justice if any shenanigans should transpire.

The population of the settlement itself is currently:

• Cooper and his son Cooperson
• Porkins and his two nephews
• Handsome Steve, Esther the Godly and twenty-one Stevelings perform a variety of other odd jobs
• Five nearby farm homes that service the fields and livestock within a half mile radius
• A small mill along the creek to the North