Nerrid Quarter
Tucked into the southwestern section of Gartcha lies a four-block neighborhood of small, stone-shaped buildings of wildly varying architecture ranging from the simple brick dome of Sifshome to eclectically grown crystal structures and wave-like formations of sculpted obsidian. Scurrying around these few streets are hundreds of ex-patriot Nerrid in what is the largest enclave for the diminutive tinkers in all of Tarien. Meticulously clean - unlike the rest of the city - the smells of roasting nuts, sautéing mushrooms, and frying crickets fill the air as street vendors feed residents with a taste of home. And while magic is strictly outlawed in the Citystate one can't help but wonder at the smokeless streetlights and refuse that vanishes almost as quickly as it hits the cobblestones.
Within the small homes and shops one can, if they are braver than the average Gartchan citizen, find curiosities from all over Tarien. From delicate blown glass to strangely scented candles and from a half-dozen booksellers to finely wrought silver jewelry, one can find any number of Nerrid crafts in the Quarter. Even more unusually, it boasts an alchemist shop - maker of the finest fire-oil you can buy - as well as a thaumaturgical supply shop though the latter has had a sign reading "Closed" since 609 AC. A number of Nerrid inventors also call the Quarter home, and seemingly every moon a new gadget is unveiled promising to save Nerrid time, improve their lives, or at least not blow them up (though that, of course, has happened). Unsurprisingly, there is no shop that sells Smoke Powder, Balder Eriksonsonsonsonson having kept this secret held tightly in his Lartchan shop.
Crime is unheard of in the Quarter and that is just as well. The 12th Legion refuses to set foot on its streets. Most Gartchan's follow suit and only its poorest residents live in the streets immediately adjacent to it, the smells and sounds coming out of the Quarter being enough to drive a sane man mad.