Old Guildhall (Torrune)

The Old Guildhall is one of the two grand meeting-halls of the Torrune Merchants' Guild. It is located in the High City’s Serrapine Quarter, with its elaborate facade facing onto an open plaza at the north end of the Jhovanmark. 
As its name suggests, it was the first of the two to be built, and pre-dates the New Guildhall in the Low City. It was built at a time when more of Torrune’s day-to-day governance was conducted from the Archon’s own palace, before the office of the Portreeve became so important. Its site was chosen for proximity to the palace on Okhtar’s Hill (and also its convenience to the houses of most major guilders on Hart’s Hill or elsewhere in the western High City). The shift in Torrune’s daily administration to the Court of the Portreeve means that most official Guild business is now conducted at the New Guildhall, and the Old Guildhall is mainly used as a venue for the Guild’s ceremonial gatherings, feasts, and celebrations.