The Strange is a game published by Monte Cook Games. It is, at least in part, set in the normal world, but there are other worlds out there, in the Strange. This list has ten rumours for that setting, similar to the various different adventure hooks in the books, and these can be used as adventure hooks or simple misinformation.

1. Juvanom is the aquatic city that serves as the primary headquarters of the Court of Coin. The city consists of fourteen huge spheres, entire neighbourhoods filled with air. It’s rumoured that some of the spheres have been having problems recently, with the spheres that keep the water out failing to do so at times. Some wonder if the spheres are failing; others if, currently minor, acts of sabotage are being carried out.
2. Most of the ancient aquatic cities of the Court of Coin are now in ruins, though the remnants of the Court still inhabit Juvanom. There are rumours, though, that some of the cities are not as ruined as is generally thought, though it doesn’t seem that the Court is occupying them, which begs the question of whether they are still inhabited and, if so, who by?
3. Several trade concerns are either based in Port Talaat on the north shore of Oceanus, or have an outpost there. The concerns are of different sizes and it’s rumoured that at least some are engaged in an underground war against each other. So far, this seems to have mostly been restricted to a trade war, but it’s said that vessels and caravans have also been attacked out in the wilds.
4. The prefect of Tharcept Prefecture in Juvanom is Harker Molentha, a player of the lute and accomplished singer, and the prefecture itself specialises in the sale of entertainments, with the largest space set aside for a massive stage. Tharcept Prefecture sees a lot of wealth come in, but there are rumours that a not insignificant percentage of this money is disappearing somewhere, instead of ending up where it should.
5. The Court of Coin leases a pier at Port Talaat, one that has been retrofitted to cope with the Court’s submarine craft. It’s rumoured that there have been a few problems in these submersible pens recently, as some say the craft that dock there have been sabotaged. It’s not clear who would have the ability, and the motive, to do such a deed.
6. The Hydra Cascade pulls those within it to a submerged qephilim ruin in the rough shape of a hydra. The current is the only way to reach the ruin, for no-one out of it has ever encountered the place, but using the current is hazardous. The Hydra Cascade is definitely magical, and some wonder if the reason why the qephilim ruin can be only seen within the current is because the current is transporting those within to another time and place.