Southshore
This district is south of the Beaumaris River, located between the East Canal and the outer wall. Like North Wall, it is an Adventurers District that contains many inns, taverns, and shops that cater to freelance rogues, fighters, wizards and the like. Southshore is a bit less prosperous than North Wall, and is the haunt of slightly less reputable characters.
Separated from the main city by the deep waters of the Beaumaris. Long a hotbed of dissension and governmental criticism, Southshore perhaps best embodies the spirit of freedom Bloodstone City was founded upon. Many in the district consider Southshore a town apart from the City, taking pride in organizing their own small community militia and council apart from the city’s. Humanity remains the dominant race in Southshore, but only just, with an increasing number of half-elves, half-orcs, dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings taking up residence in the district.
The lumber mills of Southshore are the only major industry not affiliated with a guild. Each of the lumber mills is individually owned and funded, free to pocket all of its profits but forced to assume all the risks of the business venture as well. As a result, ownership of most of the lumber mills switches relatively frequently. Bloodstone’s government set this unusual mandate after one of the city’s more prestigious founders, a wizard named Savasten Kyver, pressured the government to leave the mills as a long-term experiment of sorts.
Much like North Wall, buildings here are built of wood and plaster; there are few stone structures in the district. The majority are two-story structures. At least half of the district’s buildings are new, and most are of relatively shoddy construction unlikely to last more than a half decade before being in desperate need of major repairs.
Government
Leadership
Currently, the Lady of the Southshore Council is also the Rose and Rake’s primary producer and director—Lady Annsa Shivarlu (female human bard/aristocrat), a talented playwright who’s head for politics has ensured her six consecutive terms as a member of the Council.Defences
District Guard
The constables maintain a substantial garrison and send out regular patrols under the command of Captain Phelas Nuthland. The district is large, so the constables are often overstretched.Industry & Trade
Main Industries
Sawmills dominate the fields south of the Beaumaris, with several competing lumber yards. In addition, some merchant companies prefer to operate outside city walls.Guilds and Factions
Important People
- Captain Phelas Nuthland (Chief Constable)
- Lady Annsa Shivarlu (leader of the Southshore Council)
- Billiver Billivin (alchemist and eccentric)
- Phandurn Orlun (head librarian at the Librarium of the Black Wing)
- Esvewan Kyver (Owner of Seven's Sawmill)
- Shylor (mysterious seer)
Geography
LOCATIONS
Political and Government
- Southshore Constables’ Station (Government)
- Rose and Rake (theater that doubles as Southshore’s governmental center)
Temples and Institutions
- Librarium of the Black Wing (Library)
Guilds and Industry
- Leatherworkers' Guildhall
- Animal Handlers' Guildhall
- Cartographers' Guildhall
- Red Kestrel Imports (Merchant House)
- Seven’s Sawmill (Sawmill)
- Stoneheart Mountain Distillery (Brewery)
Inns, Taverns, and Entertainment
- The Mill Stone (Inn)
- The Lowlander Inn (Inn)
- Reingolde’s Bar (Tavern)
- The Broken Remorhaz (Tavern)
- Pink Feathers (Festhall)
Shops and Services
- Billivin’s Benevolent Balms and Effulgent Elixirs (Alchemist)
- Pug’s Contraptions (Tinker)
- Skavner’s Fine Tomes (Bookseller)
- The Brass Shield (Armor)
- A Little Off the Top (Barber and Dentist)
- Shylor the Augurer (Seer)
- Tar and Pitch (Tar Seller)
- Caagrah the Dog Trainer (Animal Trainer)
- The Second Skin (Furrier)
- The Feathered Herald (Messenger)
- Quarter House (Outfitter)
Important Residences
- Ka’zic the Tracker (Bounty Hunter)
- Lucy Fucher’s House (Residence)
Type
District
Population
Population: 300 permanent, many itinerant
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