City of 100 Gods Part 10: The Scribe (ward 51)

This post is the in the City '26 series and continues our ongoing exploration of the City of a Hundred Gods: 

Part 1... City Limits

Part 2... Gates and Ladders
Part 3... Further Along the Ladders

Part 4... The Last Ladders

Part N.... Navigating the City

Part  5... Traders Wake

Part 6... Final Traders Wake Wards 
Part 7... Artisans Quarter

Part 8... The Serpent of the Sky

Part 9... The Temples of the Engineer

This post looks at the ward of the city affiliated with the Scribe.

The Babylonian God Nabu as God of Scribes

...but first, a brief reflection on City '26.

City of 100 Gods Part 9: Temples of the Engineer (ward 50)

This post is the in the City '26 series and continues our ongoing exploration of the City of a Hundred Gods: 

Part 1... City Limits

Part 2... Gates and Ladders
Part 3... Further Along the Ladders

Part 4... The Last Ladders

Part N.... Navigating the City

Part  5... Traders Wake

Part 6... Final Traders Wake Wards 
Part 7... Artisans Quarter

Part 8... The Serpent of the Sky

This post examines the Temples of the Engineer.

Bas relief of Thoth from the Temple of Kom Obo.

But first, here's a City '26 update:

City of 100 Gods Pt.8: The Serpent of the Sky (ward 49)

This post is the in the City '26 series and continues our ongoing exploration of the City of a Hundred Gods: 

Part 1... City Limits

Part 2... Gates and Ladders
Part 3... Further Along the Ladders

Part 4... The Last Ladders

Part N.... Navigating the City

Part  5... Traders Wake

Part 6... Final Traders Wake Wards 
Part 7... Artisans Quarter

I will need to return to the Artisans and add the NINE other wards I have failed to include at a later date, but I feel obliged to show my working to a wider audience than Instagram... thus this post.

Roman Serpent Carving

...this ward centres on the The Temple of the Sky Serpent: being the penultimate ward of the Artisans' District, the Sky Serpent is a god of a particular craft requiring a particular set of skills...

City '26 Megapost

LAST UPDATED: 7th March 2026

Previously I hinted at details of a new world building/RPG design challenge for 2026 and here it is: welcome to City '26! It’s also a “megapost” in that I’ll provide links to anyone else participating who wishes to share their blog: please provide details below or give me a shout on Reddit, discord or Instagram. 

The participants:

• A 1920s Midwestern City: New Babylon with a beautiful map
  https://crimewave.blot.im/tagged/city-26
• Seed of Worlds produces Hive RT-87 a homage to Rogue Trader '87 Hiveworlds: Necromunda before it was Necromunda!
  https://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/search/label/city26
• Wenya Lagoon by Nova @Idle Cartulary: "Hot, wet, sweat-drenched, salty, long-legged birds, crabs, fish, mosquitos, octopus, sharks, coral, sailing ships, blue waters, mangroves, anchors, shipwrecks, tidal pools..."
  https://idlecartulary.com/2026/01/03/preparing-for-city-26-week-0/
• Bogblins is doing something.... more to be revealed! 
  https://bogblins.blogspot.com/2026/01/year-in-review-city26.html
• Christopher Kurts introduces Rainbow City "a post-scarcity, anarcho-mutualist, megacity gift society " over on Playtest Dummies: 
  https://playtestdummies.substack.com/p/skyfield-a-rainbow-city-neighborhood
• The Novel Gamemaster presents Myth's Landing a hub of adventure a dozen miles from the entrance to Mythbarrow, the fabled megadungeon
  https://www.thenovelgamemaster.com/2026/01/myths-landing-city-26-project.html
• Clé/Clay is fleshing out the city of Lüm: a major academic centre in their existing fantasy world, Curcalen
  https://www.wongery.com/blog/City26/ 
• Iwar of The Birch and Wolf is sharing their city at this link:
  https://thebirchandwolf.blogspot.com/2026/02/wogatispurk-city-26.html
• Eli is hosting their city-building effort on Google Docs:
  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PYOwEVRlfm9ItiTW3vlNOqaE4YMOms9M4CnPWqrMEMY/edit?usp=sharing
• Mkukier presents their city, Lionnis, at their blog:
   https://mahnedan.blogspot.com/2026/02/lionnis-1-wstep-lionnis-1-introduction.html

So What is It?

Essentially it is a challenge is to build a city over the course of one year, each week detailing one ward. Peter Lattimore of Garblag Games came up with this infographic while we workshopped the idea on his server:

Infographic of City26 Challenge by Peter Lattimore, text below

City of 100 Gods Pt. 5, Traders Wake: They Who Store The Grain (35); The Deep One (36)

This post is part of a series concerning the City of a Hundred Gods, a proto-Neolithic megalopolis brimming with conflicting factions, a technocratic theocracy and unique encounter tables for each ward.

Joseph, Overseer of Pharaoh's Granaries by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1874)

City of a Hundred Gods: The Story So Far

Part 1... City Limits

Part 2... Gates and Ladders
Part 3... Further Along the Ladders

Part 4... The Last Ladders

Part N....Navigating the City

...but now we turn to a new district, known to poets and administrators alike as Traders Wake, though  common folk know all these wards as The Bread Basket...