Southport

Description
Southport is a bustling city focused around trade, imports, and exports. The city is a beautiful chaos of shopkeepers, dockhands, traders, buskers, and thieves trying to make it in the second biggest city in Eruden. The city is divided into four distinct districts. The Dock district is of a wide variety of wealth, going from wealthy to poor in east to west. The Aristocrats District is the wealthiest area in the city. Guards man the gates that bar the entry to the district and only allow those that look to belong there inside. The dress code is strict. The riverside district is the middle-class district that comprises roughly 33% of the city on the bank of the wickmack river. FInally, the eastern district comprises the majority of dunvalic traders coming in from the rest of dunvale. This is where you can find the rural exports being processed and made ready for shipping to the dockside district.

Important People

 * Cormack Winkletop
 * Lord Tyson Brennenburg
 * Captain Bixby Smith

Places of Note

 * Winkletop's Tinkershop

Winkletop's Tinker Shop is run by Cormack WInkletop. It is a building in the Riverside district, located on the bank of the wickmack river. It has a distinctive watermill connected to it that powers a hammer on the inside that is used to take the manual labor out of Cormack's tinkering. The shop sells keeps some basic clockwork toys in stock, some interesting inventions like an automatic rope coiler for dock workers, a clockwork vibrator, and some very basic clockwork machinery. His bread and butter comes from custom contracts.


 * Brennenburg Manor

The Western Docks
The dockside district has a distinctive wealth gradient from west to east. At the far western point of the dockside district, it is common to see guards patrolling and well dressed traders and captains working. The crews of the ships look respectable and crime is low. Aristocratic types can often be seen making business deals with captains in this district, though they are often accompanied by their private guards when outside the aristocrats district.

The Central Docks
The central docks is where a majority of the ships and traders can be found. There is a military presence here as there is a naval dockyard where the Dunvalic navy is stationed. The military does not engage in active policing unless it is a matter of national security. This area has guards patrolling, but the population greatly outweighs the guards and pickpockets are somewhat common in the area. Buskers and simple gambling stands are set up as means of entertainment throughout this area of the district. The local taverns in this portion of the district are somewhat rough, but in a sailor rough way and not a murderer rough way.

The Eastern Docks
The eastern docks are poor and rough. Pickpockets, muggers, and thieves are common here. Homeless tend to sleep in this district. Taverns are rough and quite dirty. This is the most crime-ridden and depraved part of the city.

The Aristocrats District
The Aristocrats district is the smallest district in the city. It is directly in the center of the city and is walled off separately from the rest of the city. The only people allowed into this district are those who look to be very wealthy. Guards turn away everyone else. There are three gates to get in to the district. The Northern gate, Western gate, and southern gate. There was once an eastern gate but it has been replaced with a town hall where the commoners can stand before the government officials. Within this district you will find the homes of the important people in the city, from the heads of merchant guilds, to the lord of the city and other government officials. The taverns in this district are extremely nice and equally expensive. You will find your upper tier shops here for premium armor, jewelers, and the best of the best craftsman.

The Riverside District
The riverside district is where the middle class of the city lives. Shop-keeps, traders, and tradesman call this area their home. It is a bustling district that contains the hopes and dreams of the city. It is essentially the heart and soul of the city. All kinds of shops can be found here, from blacksmiths to tailors and bakeries to alchemy stores.

The Eastern District
The eastern district comprises the majority of dunvalic traders coming in from the rest of dunvale. This is where you can find the rural exports being processed and made ready for shipping to the dockside district. Most of the population in this area does not live here. They come in from the Dunvalic Plains bringing their goods to sell to merchants. The taverns are full of the people of the dunvalic plains and there often people trying to capitalize on their ignorance. Livestock can often be seen in the streets.