| abstract | - Mere Stop was an unincorporated shantytown that sprang up around the airship also serving as the de facto capital of Hallowmere during Dragonhollow's Sixth Era. It was located on the Straits of Mere. The name was a play-on-words; it was both a truncated version of the phrase "Hallowmere Stop" indicating the airship's destination and a reminder that it was but a mere stop in the greater struggle to survive, as there were no safe zones, shops, or free food to be found anywhere in town. The town's predecessor, referred to as Olde Mere Stop, was the original destination of the Sanctuary airship and its first passengers. That airship was destroyed and Eris chose the current location. The coordinates of Olde Mere Stop were lost to history. Ky was the the first permanent resident of Mere Stop. On 6E:2 He built a fortified building with protected farms so that he would have a renewable food source to survive the journey from the airship to his real home to the north. Zen and Bagger maintained shops in Mere Stop that sold hard-to-acquire items. On 6E:5, Tox's cabin suddenly appeared on a gentle slope facing the airship. The Scylfings launched a major offensive in the area of Mere Stop on 6E:36, occupying the airship and slaughtering anyone they encountered. Nearly twenty men and women lost their lives, including Wojcik and Kimarastraz. On 6E:44, the Merry Men deployed Jrod as their vanguard in advance of their return to Dragonhollow. He constructed a base of operations in Mere Stop and began a campaign of murder and theft through deception and traps, racking up 25 kills on the first day.
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