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__NOTOC__ <div style="float: right; width: 400px; border: 1px black solid; margin: 20px; padding: 10px;"> [[Image:South-ward-1491DR.jpg|center|400 px]]<br> <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 150%">Notable Neighborhoods</div> * '''South Ward East:''' Anchoret, Caravan Court, Coachlamp, Manycuts, the Rattle, Stopoxen, Tsembrar's Bend, Tulmaster, Waymoot, the Wheellanes * '''South Ward West:''' The Adventurer's Quarter, Aurfel, Dancing Court, Everbellows, Fishwife Alley, Hiddenhale, Slop Street, Stonevault <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 150%">South Ward Lifestyles</div> * '''Squalid:''' Dancing Court, Manycuts * '''Poor:''' Anchoret, Caravan Court, Coachlamp, Fishwife Alley, Slopstreet, Stonevault, Stopoxen * '''Modest:''' The Adventurer's Quarter, Aurfel, Everbellows, Hiddenhale, the Rattle, Tsembrar's Bend, Tulmaster, Waymoot, the Wheellanes {{WaterdeepGuide}} </div> Southern Ward, known as South Ward to all natives, is the first ward seen by most visitors who enter the city through the South Gate or the River Gate with the caravans. As much of its business caters to the caravan trade, it is sometimes called Caravan City with its plentiful forges, smithies, stables, warehouses, and sheds (with coaches and carts for hire). Many common and poorer folk dwell in South Ward, though the caravan trade allows for some local merchants to attain near-noble status (at least in monetary terms). It is often dusty and grimy from the traffic from overland trade, but this area and its people are mostly friendly and industrious, catering to every need of visitors and merchant-traders. Tourists and visitors rarely idle around to look into wagons and warehouses (unless it is their business to do so), but the presence of guards (both privately hired and those in the watch) is obvious and lends much to the feeling of security about the trade goods and the businesses herein. One of the smallest wards in the city, South Ward had probably the least to do with the internal politics (both social and monetary) of the city beyond the overland trades. South Ward is, for the most part, the ordinary or commoners' side of Waterdeep. The main streets within the ward are the Way of the Dragon and the High Road. The Way of the Dragon forms the southern and western boundaries of South Ward, and the Troll Wall is the eastern boundary. The northern boundary consists of a mix of streets and alleys: Telshambra's Street, a little bit of the High Road, Sahtyra's Lane, Caravan Court (all of which is deemed to be in South Ward), and Belzer's Walk. ===Lifestyles=== * '''Wretched:''' Folk bunking down in alleyways, beneath eaves, and in filthy crawlspaces are most common in the South Ward than anywhere else in Waterdeep save the Fields Ward. Those living in this fashion are common in Squalid neighborhoods, and can be found occasionally in Poor ones. * '''Squalid:''' Two neighborhoods - ''Dancing Court'' and ''Manycuts'' - dwell in squalor. They are primarily made up of run-down buildings inhabited by folk too poor to seek better shelter elsewhere. Decrepitude is the order of the day, with buildings falling apart and badly in need of repair (or demolishing). The few businesses are informal affairs, catering to the meager coin their neighbors have to live on, and often quite well defended by hired bullyboys. These are genuinely mean streets, with criminals and other unsavory folk hiding here because the Watch tends to rarely venture into them save in well-armed clusters, and even then only by day. The streets are filthy, strewn with debris, and sewers function badly or not at all. * '''Poor:''' Quite a few neighborhoods in the South Ward are places of discernible poverty, notably ''Anchoret, Caravan Court, Coachlamp, Fishwife Alley, Slopstreet, Stonevault'', and ''Stopoxen''. Flophouses, run-down boarding houses and multiple family dwellings are common here, and the businesses tend to be low in cost and quality – guild seals are extremely rare in such neighborhoods. Still, the folk here are poor but honest, and used to lives of hard labor and low pay, striving for better. The streets are badly maintained, and often cluttered or unswept, but there is no sewage in gutters as in some more squalid neighborhoods. * '''Modest:''' Over half of the South Ward lives a sort of average lifestyle, thanks almost entirely to the money that the many merchant caravans flowing into the city year 'round bring into its gates. The ''Adventurer's Quarter, Aurfel, Everbellows, Hiddenhale, the Rattle, Tsembrar's Bend, Tulmaster, Waymoot'', and the ''Wheellanes'' all live what many folk think of when they think of city living: over half the buildings are small shops or businesses, with residential spaces above them for proprietors (and sometimes extra living space rented out to others). Smaller residential buildings are single family dwellings, while larger such buildings tend to be boarding houses or multi-family dwellings. Streets are maintained and cleaned, although the burden that the thousands of caravans coming in and out of the city put on the major thoroughfares can be overwhelming sometimes. ===Architecture=== South Ward's primary buildings tend to be tall, old stone, mud brick, and timber warehouses. Crowded among them are three- or four-story tenements, nearly all with shops at street level. Trees and even bushes are few, being detriments to the constant traffic; the ever-present dust and mud that accompany caravans are plentiful, but the buildings and foot traffic areas are kept clean. Everywhere in South Ward the rumble of cart wheels can be heard, just as the wastes of the draft animals are the predominant odor on the breeze. The many stables are often just covered pens, though some are sheltered by multifloored buildings over them (like inns or warehouses). {{South Ward Watch}} ==Residences== {{South Ward Residences}} ==Businesses== {{South Ward Businesses}} ==Nightlife== {{South Ward Nightlife}} ==Temples== {{South Ward Temples}} ==City Buildings== {{South Ward City Buildings}} ==Guildhalls== {{South Ward Guildhalls}} ==Notable Alleys & Courtyards== {{South Ward Alleys}} ==Previous Eras== * [[1354 DR South Ward of Waterdeep|1354 DR]]

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