Description

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Population: 28,250
Social Class: Upper class
Character: Various administrative buildings and government services lining busy streets.
District Type: Government district
Buildings: Faction headquarters, government buildings, university, average trades, upscale trades, exotic trades, upscale services, average services, upscale lodgings, upscale food, average food and lodging, upscale residences
First Impressions: The campus of the Hall of Records dominates the district. People mill around, moving quickly and not diddling in the streets for long. It’s quiet, busy, and orderly.

The Administrator’s District is the heart of the Clerk’s Ward. The streets are sweeped by workers every day, the buildings are scrubbed fresh every week, and gutters and sewers are trimmed and kept free of razorvine. Harmonium patrols keep the peace and ensure that people go about their business without causing trouble.

Within the appropriately named Administrator’s District, spireward of Tea Street, the elite of the Clerk’s Ward congregate. Mostly separated from those in the more common Workers District by status as much as money, they enjoy a slightly higher standard of living, typically with servants, personal cooks, and most of their household goods and food delivered for them as needed.

Around the borders of the Administrative District, near the Hall of Information and Hall of Speakers alike, are a number of inns and eating houses, among them the Tear of the Barghest, the Whole Note Inn, and the Portal Jammer. The last of these inns is known mostly for the Mercane spelljamming vessel brought into the city, part by part, and reconstructed to appear as if it crashed into the upper stories of the building. Part of the helm serves as the bar, while other sections serve as rooms available for rent. Adding to its name recognition is its recent business spat with The Lady’s Ward tavern, the Twelve Factols, over the Jammer’s animated dolls of the late mazed or otherwise dead factols.

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Grundlethum’s Automatic Scribe Print-shop: All of the various speeches and dialogues that occur in the Ward bring in a vast number of scribes. These sods jot down the words of the various important speakers for future posterity, selling the transcripts to libraries and graybeards for a small profit. An Indep wizard named Grundlethorn Blackdagger has created a device that will cut out the middle man entirely, allowing anyone to speak into the device and produce a written record of their speech.
Hall of Information: If you need to know something, this is likely the place to go to learn it.
Hall of Records: You didn't have anything important to do today, did you?
Iron Heart Alehouse: Known for its metal chairs and almond brandy, tends to be quite popular with the Fated,
Rowan Academy of Learning: The only remaining scholastic part of the Hall of Records is the Rowan Academy of Learning (formerly Bigby’s College of Academic Arts). This is the largest institute of higher learning in the Cage, and here a body can receive instruction on any number of topics from hundreds of instructors willing to provide their expertise. Enrollment is free for Takers, but non Takers can gain access to the classes for 500 gp.
Planar Trade Consortium Offices: Run by Estavan, a Guvner Ogre Mage, the trade office works as a what amounts to being a legal fence (with as little interest in asking questions as any other fence). Rumors are that he supplies all sides of the Blood War with arms.