The Old City

Includes the Thieves Quarter & the Slum Quarter.

  This maze of alleys, shacks, boarding houses and everything else is the true soul of Greyhawk.  Herein lie the city's roots and herein also live its most volatile citizens.
  The Old City, separated by the Black Gate from the New City, has taken on a life all it's own.  If the New City should suddenly disappear from the earth, the Old City would function much as before.  The same cannot be said for the reverse.
  The Old City sees less of the City Watch than do it's neighboring districts.  Crime and misery are commonplace here, but so are gallantry and decency.
  Thieves control the bulk of the business ventures and other activities but nowhere else is the proverb "honor among thieves" more in evidence.
  The Nightwatchmen maintain two regular stations here and many families devote a proportion of the precious incomes for the additional protection provided by the guild.  And the Nightwatchmen in the Old City take their duties very seriously indeed - their fee is always money well spent.  The City Watch patrols are scarce to nonexistent but the Nightwatchmen usually respond quickly (3d6 rounds) bout only when the alarm is raised by one of their clients.
  The People's Constables are a major nuisance here during the day, nit-picking every possible weapons violation, subjecting disreputable-appearing individuals to searches and quoting an assortment of vague and obscure regulations.
  The patrols of the City Watch move unchallenged here during the daytime, but at night two patrols always march together.  Even then they remain on the lighted thoroughfares of the Processional, Caravan Street and other major avenues.
  The border within the Old City between the Thieves Quarter and the Slum Quarter is ill defined.

Old City Businesses

Armorer - 1
Baker - 7
Bawdy House - 2
Blacksmith - 3
Boarding House - 13
Brewer - 2
Butcher - 4
Carpenter - 6
Embalmer - 3
Expedition Supplies - 2
Inn with Food - 24
Jeweler - 2
Laundry Service - 2
Leatherworker/Tanner - 10
Livery Stable - 1
Locksmith - 3
Pawnbroker - 8
Potter - 3
Scribe - 3
Shipper & hauler - 3
Stonemason - 2
Tailor - 5
Tavern - 17
Warehouse - 5
Weaponsmith - 2
Weaver/Dyer - 7

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