Numenera is a game published by Monte Cook Games. Its setting is the Ninth World, and this list has ten rumours for that setting. The rumours, which are similar to the Hearsay that can be found in the official books, can be used as adventure hooks or as simple misinformation.

1. Abbrilo is built on, in and around the Angled Tower, though there are floors both above the inhabited areas, and below the ground, that are not cleared out. It’s also rumoured that there are subsidiary belowground floors that are not part of the main tower itself, but are connected to its underground regions by passages.
2. Delegate Sarden works for the council of Abbrilo, who ensures that every transaction she does helps the settlement in some way, and has turned Aeon Priests away when she thought their goals did not help Abbrilo. The priests want to study the Angled Tower, and it’s rumoured that they have tried to get around the delegate by hiring other explorers to work on their behalf.
3. Folier is built on a floating reef that consists of countless oyster-like creatures that are linked to each other. It’s rumoured that recently the creatures have been suffering from some kind of disease, and there are worries that if too many are affected, the reef will fall apart; it’s said that a cure to the blight is being sought.
4. Healer Jesjan of Folier is skilled in healing, knowing many cures that revolve around stingray venom. She’s said to be seeking to expand her knowledge by trading what she knows with what healers in other places know, especially those who live in or around the ocean.
5. In the centre of Cassinhill is an excavation site leading to a network of rooms and tunnels below. The inhabitants of the settlement are known to have explored the complex beneath them, but there are rumours that it is vaster than even they know and that there are large areas that are as yet undiscovered, let alone explored.
6. Mayor Orish is in charge of Cassinhill and has been for several years now. Though she has currently kept the job without any problems, it’s rumoured that some of the inhabitants are considering replacing her, thanks to the arrival of the varjellen nearby.
7. Numenera is bought and sold in Abbrilo, often harvested from the Angled Tower which the community is built in and around. Though it’s rumoured that the truly useful numenera harvested from the tower, by the inhabitants or by taxed explorers, never sees the light of day, being kept in case of future need.
8. The excavation site in Cassinhill was, by the sounds of it, recently broken into. No-one knows who did it and no-one knows if anything was taken, but there are concerns that it might happen again, as whoever did it may have been looking for something specific. Unless they already found it, which poses a different set of worries.
9. The fingernail-sized oyster-like creatures that make up the reef that Folier sits upon are sometimes reputed to have other properties, though ones that the inhabitants of Folier are unwilling to share with anyone else, or even talk about.
10. Varjellen have settled near to the settlement of Cassinhill, and relations between the two groups have so far been peaceful. It’s rumoured that not everyone is happy about this, and that some would love to stir up some trouble between the two settlements.

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