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Post by Flession » Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:50 am

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Population: 3,780
Social Class: Upper class
Character: Busy and bustling downtown and government district
District Type: Government district
Buildings: Faction headquarters, libraries, average eateries, average lodgings, upscale lodgings, upscale residences, upscale services, average services, poor services
First Impression: The Courts are probably the liveliest district in The Lady’s Ward, with business humming and buzzing constantly so long as the Courthouse is open. Beings from all walks of life – from the upper crust of Sigil’s society to the lowest dregs of the Cage – mill about in ordered chaos, waiting for their chance to gain access to the Courts.

The Courts District encompasses the City Courts and its surrounding streets. Here, businesses have arisen to cater to all of the Courthouse needs – from advocates to scribes to taverns that cater specifically to those about to be condemned. The district is guarded by patrols of Harmonium and Mercykillers, on the lookout for street scragglers and criminals attempting to give the law the laugh on a final moment.
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Places of Interest

Post by Flession » Tue Jul 18, 2023 10:06 am

Library of the Guvners: Attached by the City Courts, the towering Library of the Guvners is a veritable contradiction to the Courts. While the Courts are bustling, loud, and frenetic, the Library of the Guvners – officially called the Law Library of Sigil – is orderly, silent, and generally void of activity. Within its halls a cutter can find collections of tomes gathered over time detailing and analyzing the systems of law found throughout the multiverse, especially the various laws of Sigil. The library also has transcripts of every trial that has passed through the Courts for the past five hundred years. More importantly, however, a smart wizard understands that the Guvner’s concept of “law” is different from that of every other Cager – within the Library of the Guvners a spellslinger can research any spell ever created within a few hours, and gains advantage to their Arcana check to learn the spell. The library is open to the public, although one must either be an advocate with a membership to the library or pay a visitor’s fee of 50 gp for a single visit.
The Last Meal: Nestled up by the Courthouse, the Last Meal is a tavern that caters to those waiting their hearing time to come up. Its fare is fairly standard, although made from quality ingredients and charges decent prices. The tavern also employs delivery boys who approach chain gangs of Harmonium prisoners, bringing them water and some food as a “last meal”. Those prisoners with jink of their own are capable of buying food from these delivery boys.
City Courts: The City Courts is the busiest building in all of The Lady’s Ward. Open from four to peak to five past peak, the Courts are where the citizens of Sigil come to seek redress of their grievances between each other, and when the criminals of Sigil come to defend themselves against the accusations of the Harmonium. The Ward Courts and High Courts are open to public viewing, though few Cagers take advantage of this fact. Fact is, while the City Court is crowded and busy all the time, none of the sods caught within actually want to be there – unless of course, you’re a Guvner. See, the Courts are also the headquarters to the Fraternity of Order, and within the private halls of the Courts (open only to Factioneers or the occasional advocate) these lovers of the law go about their daily affairs, attempting to get to the bottom of the dark of the laws of the multiverse.
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