- "Brightmarket has its shadows, but I run a clean establishment."
- ―Innkeeper
Brightmarket is a Carja settlement in Horizon Zero Dawn.
Description[]
A sign marker for Brightmarket.
Located northwest of Meridian on the southeastern shore of the Daybrink, Brightmarket holds jurisdiction over the waters that supply Meridian's aqueduct. It is primarily a trading settlement with a lakeside dock, where it trades with Oseram merchants from the Claim upstream.
Brightmarket is less dense than Meridian and Meridian Village, and features comparatively simpler architecture. Like Meridian, it also has farmland to provide food for its residents.
History[]
Brightmarket was founded by Sun-King Sadahin as part of his expansion of the Sundom, representing the northern border of the Sundom at the time.[1]
As the Sundom began trading with other tribes during the reign of Sun-King Juwadan, and expanded further north during the reign of Sun-King Zavarad, Brightmarket became an important trading post.[1]
Unfortunately, during the reign of Sun-King Jiran, Brightmarket suffered as external trade (at least officially) was cut off due to the Red Raids. Despite this, trade was restored after the Liberation of Meridian ended the Red Raids. Also, during the Carja Civil War, Brightmarket once again represented a northern border, now that of the Sun Carja as the Shadow Carja claimed the land across the Daybrink.
Horizon Zero Dawn[]
Roaming around the Brightmarket docks, Aloy comes to a fruit stall where the vendor Gulahni informs her that almost every night someone has been stealing from her storehouse. With the guards too busy to investigate, Aloy offers her assistance. After she found the thief, Dekamin, he agreed to return to Brightmarket to apologise for his crime.[2] In order to make up for it, he starts running errands for the sellers in Brightmarket as well as helping run Gulahni's stall in exchange for food.
The Carja smuggler Gavan fled to Brightmarket after escaping Sunstone Rock to look for safe passage across the Daybrink.[3]
Upon being smuggled out of Sunfall, Itamen and Nasadi were brought to Brightmarket by Aloy and Three-Toe Huadiv, where they were greeted by Avad before being escorted to Meridian.[4]
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