A former Human settlement, Blackwood has over the past 20 years been taken over entirely by Goblinoid settlers. The Gnomes do not have the attention span or motivation to go about policing inter-borough hostilities, though they will generally investigate murder or an unreasonable amount of arson. Pushing the patience of the Gnomes to its absolute breaking point, Hobgoblin and Orcish settlers rendered life absolutely miserable for the Humans formerly residing in Blackwood and essentially dared them to provoke an armed conflict. The conflict never came, and eventually the homes emptied out and were redistributed.
The new builds across Blackwood, replacing unlivable Human homes, are now predominantly made of mud and sand, or are built under stretched yak or buffalo hide. The Goblinoid occupants have been their own best teachers in terms of what homes will "accidentally" catch fire and which will be more stubborn.
Blackwood is not a borough with a gang problem. It is a gang with borough status.
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