For criminals and pirates in the Saltmarsh, there's only one place to sell stolen goods and pirated cargo...

The market, created and maintained by the Wizard Pendragon (or so the rumor goes) is accessed through an invisible, moving portal--and can only be entered by those branded with the pirate crest. Players find the door in an abandoned and crumbling home that's sinking into the marsh, but by the next week, the portal will have moved.

Illusionary magic makes the black market seem like this luscious, extravagant bazaar is built on a floating garden, but stepping outside the boundary reveals a wasteland of cracked earth and sparse, dying foliage. Those who leave the market without traveling back through the portal have never been able to get back inside the moving market. Stepping beyond the boundary will make the market vanish entirely, leaving the hapless adventurer to wander the wasteland for days before finding civilization again. If they're unlucky, they might wander right into the hands of the Wizard Pendragon herself, who lives out on the wasteland in a single, isolated tower. Best to stick with the wonders of the market, where one can get caught up for days in enchanting gardens, brothels, and the finest pirate taverns in the open air.