š«§ Undercity Information Syndicate
š§ Core Concept
A secretive guild of spies, blackmailers, and extortionists, the Jelly Boys donāt break your bones ā they break your life. They operate like an oozing network of slime-coated informants, listening in cracks, dripping through societyās seams, and dissolving reputations in acid when needed.
š« Leader: āThe Gellyā
Gelly
A gelatinous cube crime lord with:
- Transparent, shifting body with floating scrolls, faces, and tokens of debt suspended inside.
- A central mental core (possibly a brain in a jar or embedded skull) that emits psychic speech.
- Speaks via telepathy, voice like oozing ink and cold stone.
- Rumored to consume secrets, literally digesting blackmail material to retain it permanently.
- Rarely seen. Operates from a viscous throne chamber.
Quote:
āYou forgetā¦ but I digest. All things rot in time ā especially trust.ā
š Headquarters Location: The Oozehouse
Location Name: The Oozehouse
Location Type: Sunken noble estate turned slime-ridden spy den
Setting:
- Located in a collapsed gallery hall beneath a drowned part of the undercity called Marrowwash Reach.
- Accessible through a fake shrine, a sewer filtration shaft, or a moss-covered elevator ruin operated by whisper-password.
- Walls are slimy, pulsing, and warded with anti-divination magic.
- Decor: Melted paintings, jars of preserved tongues, whispering pipes.
š¶ļø Structure of the Jelly Boys
- Whispers: Entry-level pickpockets and street spies.
- Thinners: Interrogators, rumor-brokers, blackmailers.
- Disgels: Disposers, cleaners, and disappearers.
- Jell-Born: Closest to the Gelly ā altered with slimy grafts, fluid movements, and slippery charm.
š” Business Practices
- Trade in:
- Secrets from nobles, politicians, mages
- Blackmail documents and memory thefts
- Selling safe passage or silence
- Known to forgive debts in exchange for favors, often ones you donāt understand until itās too late.