Alabaster District

The Alabaster District is home to Magnimar’s richest and most aff luent citizens. Aristocrats, guild masters, and anyone rich enough to afford such a lifestyle dwell in the grandiose villas and mansions that line this district’s streets, which also house the small armies of support staff each villa requires to maintain its decadence and splendor. Shops, taverns, and the like are relatively rare here, with those that do exist typically catering to small clienteles—practically secret societies, these establishments generally do not open their doors to non-members.
The northernmost end of this district is segregated from the lower districts by steeply canted, marble-inlaid walls, with prominent avenues allowing one to ascend to the statuary-lined streets above by way of long, wellguarded stairs. It is here, in a neighborhood known as the Stylobate (so named for the belief among the aristocracy of this neighborhood that they form the pillars of society in Magnimar), that those families most closely associated with Magnimar’s military dwell, yet the residents of the rest of the district hold only slightly less prestige. Wellappointed townhouses, small villas, and even the walled estates of several old Magnimarian families provide majestic views atop the Fogwall Cliffs. This stretch of fine houses is known as the Marble District, named for the constant presence of facades built from the fine stone quarried from nearby escarpments.
Gazetteer The streets of Alabaster District are kept quite clean—even the alleyways here are relatively free of vagrants and accumulated trash. Stone blocks pave all major streets, with bricks and cobblestone more common in alleyways and side streets. The majority of the buildings here are made of stone as well, with wooden or slate shingle roofs. The eastern and northern border of the Alabaster District consists of the Fogwall Cliffs—steep but stable escarpments that plunge, on average, 100 feet to the sea below.