The Cistern
A Maker vault beneath the village that has kept Stonetop drinking since before anyone can remember.
Every cup of water in the village passed through a vault no one understands. The Cistern is an underground Maker chamber that supplies Stonetop — filled with rain, snow, and water hauled up from The Stream — the most practical of the village's links to what lies beneath daily life.
No one truly knows what the Makers built it for. It might be a mundane reservoir, a sealed chamber, part of a larger machine, or a route into something hidden below the bluff.
Hooks
Use the Cistern when Stonetop's survival meets old mystery: foul water, strange echoes, missing offerings, impossible depth, or a need to descend beneath the village without knowing what the village is built on.
Notable features
- Underground vault of Maker construction
- Filled with rain, snow, and water from the Stream
- The village's primary water supply