Market District

The Market District lies at the centre of Old Vashton, it is the main shopping district of the city, it has a bustling main thoroughfare that runs from Silverwall District west to Temple District known as Market Road. Forgelight, Open Gate, Old Town and Southwatch each have a large street that connect to Market Road and where the street that leads to Forgelight and the road that leads to South watch there is a large open area known as Vashton Market. Most people coming through the Market only really see these main streets and from the second they enter until the moment they leave it can feel like they are surrounded by shops and market barkers, people shouting prices and offers, try to get the attention of anyone walking passed. But in reality it is much calmer as soon as you get off of the main thoroughfares with many side streets and streets that run parallel which have no stalls on the streets, just shops either side often similar shops will be altogether on the same streets, thus many of them are now know by the type of shop on the street rather than their original name. There are also a number of residences and some factories which tend to deal with the finishing off of products of the amalgamation of other products, which lie behind the shop fronts of the main streets.

Through out the city of Old Vashton many buildings choose white or silver for their colour scheme especially if they are trying to look fancy, posh or upmarket, this motif permeates through the market district but the shops also often try to be brightly coloured places to attract attention. This means that the Market district is one of the most colourful in the city with a number of awnings that are made out of coloured fabric, and coloured window pains but often white walls and linings of silver. The further east you get the fewer colours you see as the need to look classy increases as well as far fewer market stalls line the streets. The shops also become more up market as you travel across the district, fine cloth, jewellery, furniture, art and clothing shops sit this side, while the south and west Include things like raw materials, farm tools and building materials. The Market stalls are owned by House Ghallanda and rented out, mainly they are rented to various crafters who don't produce enough to warrant a shop or who don't make enough to afford one, but a number of the stalls are rented by traveling traders who come to the town rent a room for a few days or a week to buy and sell what they can before moving on.

Many of the people who live in the market either own or work in the shops but many also work as servants, gardeners or cooks over in Silverwall, or in factories either in Forgelght or in Market itself. Most of the people who live here are Humans but there are also a smattering of Elves, Half-Elves and Halflings, most of them live rather merger lives but dress and act as though they are far better off to keep up appearances.

House Ghallanda is incredibly prominent here from their main building / inn Ghallanda House on Market Road or their house bank the Golden Chest but all of the houses are represented here in some way like the Tower of Orien or the Clockwork Factory which is owned by House Kundarkak.

### Notable Locations

Tower of Orien (A mages tower owned by House Orien)

Golden Chest (A bank run by House Ghallanda)

Clockwork Factory (An expensive construct sales room owned by House Kundarkak)

Ghallanda House (An Inn owned by House Ghallanda)

Falcons Rest (A tavern on the south west region)

Hounds Head An Ethnic resaruant serving food from all across Tanalier and Zanfear