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| + | A tightly clustered neighborhood made up of a great many warehouses and the somewhat ramshackle row houses crammed into the space between them, this neighborhood has something of a claustrophic feel to it. | ||
| + | * '''Book Street:''' The singular destination for scribes, scriveners and other sorts, Book Street is so named for the many shops along its length that produce some of the more malodorous goods required by those who make books. Though the goods here can often be purchased elsewhere, it is almost always more expensive to do so, making it common to find clerks, sages, wizards, priests and all other sorts who have need of the goods produced here: parchment, paper, bookbinding goods, large amounts of ink, finely crafted quills and the like. | ||
| + | * '''Candle Lane:''' Sometimes called Candle Alley, this winding way links Book Street and the Way of the Dragon. Its name comes from its extreme gloominess (its overhung by tall houses), which made bookish sorts lit targets for thieves. It is now heavily patrolled. The Thirsty Throat tavern stands at its eastern end. | ||
| + | * '''Street of Curtains:''' The street with the greatest number of row houses in the neighborhood, this alley earned its name due to the residents' tendency to keep curtains drawn in their dwellings to keep out the dust from the ample cart traffic that courses along this alley most times of the day. | ||
| + | * '''Trollcrook Alley:''' Linking Snail Street and Slut Street, this relatively open, safe passage is today much used by cartersrushing wagons are its chief danger. Of old, it was frequented at night by a vicious gang of trolls dwelling in the citys sewers. They slew many citizens before being hunted down. Some sages misname this alley Troll''crush'' Alley. | ||
==Businesses== | ==Businesses== | ||
* '''Mernath Storage (2):''' Rental storage space. | * '''Mernath Storage (2):''' Rental storage space. | ||
Latest revision as of 02:27, 10 February 2014
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- 1: The Friendly Flounder (Tavern; C,3)
- 2: Mernath Storage (Business; D,2)
- 3: The Thirsty Throat (Tavern; D,2)
- 4: Alex Lenter's Storage (Business; D,2)
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A tightly clustered neighborhood made up of a great many warehouses and the somewhat ramshackle row houses crammed into the space between them, this neighborhood has something of a claustrophic feel to it.
- Book Street: The singular destination for scribes, scriveners and other sorts, Book Street is so named for the many shops along its length that produce some of the more malodorous goods required by those who make books. Though the goods here can often be purchased elsewhere, it is almost always more expensive to do so, making it common to find clerks, sages, wizards, priests and all other sorts who have need of the goods produced here: parchment, paper, bookbinding goods, large amounts of ink, finely crafted quills and the like.
- Candle Lane: Sometimes called Candle Alley, this winding way links Book Street and the Way of the Dragon. Its name comes from its extreme gloominess (its overhung by tall houses), which made bookish sorts lit targets for thieves. It is now heavily patrolled. The Thirsty Throat tavern stands at its eastern end.
- Street of Curtains: The street with the greatest number of row houses in the neighborhood, this alley earned its name due to the residents' tendency to keep curtains drawn in their dwellings to keep out the dust from the ample cart traffic that courses along this alley most times of the day.
- Trollcrook Alley: Linking Snail Street and Slut Street, this relatively open, safe passage is today much used by cartersrushing wagons are its chief danger. Of old, it was frequented at night by a vicious gang of trolls dwelling in the citys sewers. They slew many citizens before being hunted down. Some sages misname this alley Trollcrush Alley.
Businesses
- Mernath Storage (2): Rental storage space.
- Alex Lenter's Storage (4): Warehouse owned by the proprietor of Waukeen's Wares (South Ward)
Nightlife
Taverns
- The Friendly Flounder (1): A local tavern that thrives on simple seafood fare, favored by the locals and almost unknown to visitors.
- The Thirsty Throat (3): A ramshackle dive known for its massive tankards of cheap ale and its taproom full of quiet drinking men.
