Foreign District

The Foreign District isn’t really one, but four distinct regions within Surket all crammed into one district.  There is the Elven Quarter, the Iron Quarter, the Stone Quarter, and Littleton.  Each has its own demographic and cultural identity.  The Foreign District is the only district in Surket that isn’t primarily human in population, with almost no humans living within.  These four quarters all meet in the center of the district at a place called the Crossroads, which has a tavern of the same name where prominent members of each Quarter meet and discuss important matters on occasion.

Littleton is the smallest quarter by size and lies in the northwest quarter of the district.  It is home to both halflings and gnomes, who maintain a tenuous working relationship within the quarter.  The halflings generally live on the bottom floor of houses halfway sunk into the street, while the gnomes build towers and bridges overhead.  The two groups, so radically different in nature, somehow live more or less harmoniously.  Humorously, the shops in this quarter often contain the businesses of the halflings and the gnomes who live above them, With titles such as Thast Bakery and Explosives.  Coswin Thast is the mayor of Littleton, a halfling who has deep family ties to many of the other halflings and shares several eccentricities with the gnome population, making him well-liked by all.

The Stone Quarter lies across from Littleton in the northwest of the district.  This quarter is primarily populated by dwarven expatriates and their children. Strom Stormwind is the undisputed leader of the Stone Quarter, having many contacts within the Great Families and operating what is essentially a mafia within the quarter.

The southwest quarter of the Foreign District houses the Iron Quarter. This quarter is primarily composed of half-orcs as well as many goblins who are looking to be taken more seriously and live a better life.  This is by far the quietest part of the Foreign District and is famous throughout Surket as having the best smiths around.  The quarter elects a leader, who currently is John Orsick, the master smith.

Finally, the largest quarter is the Elven Quarter to the southeast.  This quarter is home to thousands of half-elves, mostly orphans, who are the byproduct of traveling elves in their younger years.  They have grown up speaking a dialect of elvish unique to the Elven Quarter, often referred to as Orphaned Elvish or Surket Elvish.  While understandable by those fluent in elvish, it is a bit jarring when hear the first time.  The quarter is filled with bars and brothels, makeshift gardens and courtyards where the half-elves spend their time.  They tend to form factions against each other, fighting amongst themselves more often than they do anybody else.  From their patchwork alleyways the Mongooses and the Serpents duke it out, with the Serpents run by Sophie Lesalda and the Mongooses run by a drow named Laelendra Urdalen.  The two regularly wrestle control of the quarter from each other.

Every year, the leaders of the four quarters rotate who is the Consul for the district.  Currently, it is Coswin Thast.  Next year, it will be Strom Stormwind, then whoever is in charge of the Elven Quarter by then, and then whoever is in charge of the Iron Quarter.  Other than that, each quarter handles themselves.

### Notable Locations

* The Crossroads
* Merry Manticore Brewing Company Hub Branch
* Stormwind Manor
* Thast Bakery and Explosives
* Orsick Smithy

### Notable Factions

* Stormwind Mafia
* The Mongooses
* The Serpents
* Tinkerers' Union
* Iron Quarter Smithing Union