Ricard Tumblar's Union Office

Small, cramped office in a dockside building, walls covered with papers and maps, desk buried under books, half-empty brandy bottles and dirty plates, newspapers stacked on chairs, single window overlooking the docks that lets in the smell of fish and brackish water, shelf with burning incense to mask the odor

Ricard Tumblar's Union Office serves as the gritty nerve center for the Adran labor movement in Promise of Blood, a cluttered dockside sanctum where the charismatic union boss schemes, drinks, and coordinates strikes amid the stench of the harbor. As the trilogy unfolds, the office evolves from a ramshackle headquarters for worker agitation into a pivotal political hub, reflecting Ricard's rising influence in the post-coup government and his later struggles against corruption and rival powers. By the later books, it becomes a symbol of both the Union's hard-won gains and its internal fractures, with key confrontations and strategic decisions reshaping Adro's social order. Though its physical description remains rooted in its humble, incense-masked origins, the office's role expands dramatically, mirroring Ricard's transformation from street-level organizer to national power broker.