Printer's Quarter

A map of Nagspeake at the time of Bluecrowne.

The ****P******rinter's Quarter** is a district in Nagspeake, specifically the artisan district. It is known for being very windy and has many shops, such as that of Lowell Skellansen and Gaz. Peony Hyde and her family live in the Printer's Quarter, above the former hub of the Belowground Transit System.

## History

### *Greenglass House*

Lucksmith Paper Merchants was located in the Printer's Quarter. Dr. Gowervine noted that Skellansen's shop was in the Printer's Quarter.

### *The Thief Knot*

Emmett told the Hakelbarends that Peony Hyde, the girl who had been kidnapped, lived in the Printer's Quarter in the Molendinium neighborhood. She had been kidnapped on the way home from her school, Watermill Elementary, because even though it was a straightforward walk, as Mrs. Hakelbarend explained, there were lots of twists and turns in the Printer's Quarter. Marzana supposed that Mr. Otterwill, who lived on the Slope and worked south of it, would work in the Printer's Quarter and not Bayside, the other district south of the Slope, because Bayside was very far. Sure enough, she found that he had worked at Watermill Elementary.

Marzana found out that the kidnapping of Peony Hyde had not been as it seemed, and Emilia revealed its true purpose: to get the Hydes out of their house, so that the kidnappers could break into the Belowground Transit station below, which happened to be the hub of the Belowground Transit System. The Thief Knot rode the Belowground Transit to Mergenthaler Street, in order to stop the kidnappers, from a station in the Liberty of Gammerbund, and Marzana noted how the Printer's Quarter was at the bottom of Whilforber Hill, so they spent most of the way going down from the Liberty. On the way, they discussed the ransom note message they found Peony had left, and Brandon suggested that the animal noises she'd mentioned meant somewhere in the Printer's Quarter, where there were many foxes. They eventually arrived to Mergenthaler Street Station and entered it, and after the kidnappers were stopped, returned to the Liberty.

### *The Raconteur's Commonplace Book*

In a story told by Mr. Haypotten, a boy called Hugo who had a reliquary break was sent to Feretory Street in the Printer's Quarter to have it fixed. The entire street was full of reliquary makers' shops, and Hugo stumbled into one belonging to a man called Gaz, who, along with his apprentice Edita Skellandotter, helped Hugo.

## Locations

### Shop of Skellansen

Lowell Skellansen had a shop in the Printer's Quarter, before vacating it in order to escape an assassin. The shop was left empty, and what happened to the glass that used to be there is unknown.

### Molendinium

Molendinium is a neighborhood in the Printer's Quarter where the house of Peony Hyde and Mergenthaler Street Station are located. It is one of the windiest places in the Printer's Quarter.

### Watermill Street

Watermill Street is a street that dead-ends near Mergenthaler Street. The Hydes live near Watermill Street and Mergenthaler Street, over Mergenthaler Street Station, the old hub of the Belowground Transit System.

### Mergenthaler Street

Mergenthaler Street is a street in the Printer's Quarter. Peony Hyde's house is located on Mergenthaler Street, over Mergenthaler Street Station, the old hub of the Belowground Transit System.

### Millrace Creek

Millrace Creek has an old towpath that runs alongside it, with a street near that. Boats are common in the water and there are a few bridges.