Bastion District
If Nexus has a nobility, they live within the Bastion District. The black ash of the smelters rarely comes anywhere near these high-perched estates amid the hilly northeastern side of the city, and the streets are kept clean and clear. Architectural styles vie with mad abandon in these turning streets, the few remaining First Age buildings in this quarter standing haughtily aloof from the ornateness of the others in their graceful, simplicitous lines. Mercenary companies have been heavily enlisted to provide for security here, and hardly a minute passes without one patrol or another tramping down the smooth cobbles. Those lacking the smooth patina of wealth and importance oft come to rough handling at their attention.
Even here, shops and trade form an important part of the district. Small boutiques and specialty shops are tucked here and there amid the townhouses, estates and embassies. Liberal as Nexus is in its trade laws, almost anything of interest to the fabulously wealthy and utterly amoral can be had in these shops. Even the Nexian prohibition against slavery is perhaps not so sharply enforced here as in other parts of the city, with more than a few of the immaculately-liveried servants having only a moderate say in their employment.
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