The Side
The Side in southern Syrilis, a couple of kilometers away from the Bridge. There reside the less fortunate ones and those who cannot afford an apartment either at the Bridge directly next to it. Even though the Side has a reputation for being the place of illicit activities and disreputable people, it has better areas where people try their best to keep everything clean and tidy and legal.
The Side is near the dockings of Syrilis and has a lot of less than savory travelers who come to have night's fun before continuing their travel. That's one of the main ways the Side gets its income.
The Side is divided into the district center fondly called the Fat Lady and a couple of residential areas of varying quality.
Demographics
All of them are poor. Most of them are sailors, workers in the fields and forest, unemployed, runners, and criminals. There are also working women, religious people, and pub keepers, and such.
Government
Taxation is run by House Juvellac but Iron Glove has strong influence in the Side.
Infrastructure
This side of the city is built mostly on the side of the river. There's the huge apartment complex that is just holes in the steep face of the River Lance . Down at the river, there are some more shacks, mostly for fishermen and an inn for poor fishermen.
The apartment complex is formally known as the Side and next to it is Fat Lady, the square where most of the commerce there is made. In Fat Lady, there are some more respectable establishments for sailors who do not wish to go to the forest. There are also gardens to grow edible plants at but it is full of thievery and protecting your plot of land is expensive.
At the fringe of the forest, starts the Papyrus District which is the beginning of more seedy establishments. There one can find almost anything they need and some more. It is infested with big rats, though, and people are more or less inclined to steal everyone that walks. Apartments are high in the trees, if you are lucky, or with long legs so no part of the building touches the ground. Homeless people live under these establishments in the mud and shit that is a part of city with no sewer system.
From Papyrus District starts the Shadow Road that goes right through the forest to the main road to East and all the way to the Alastaire Estate.
Alternative Name(s)
Lower, Lower-Sider
Type
District
Population
2,000
Inhabitant Demonym
Sider, parasite,
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