Welcome to the Crane District… or, actually, hang on a minute, let me have a proper look at you to see if you are welcome. Do you have your papers in order? Are you clean? What is your purpose here anyway?
Not just any riffraff are let through the gates of the Mid-Ward, this is a place for respectable elves. Whether you approach from the bridge in the west, ascend the grand stairs from the Low-Ward, or take the lift, if you can afford it, you still need to pass the guards at the gate. Pay your taxes, keep clean, and respect the law, and even a human, like yourself, may enter the city.
You Have Arrived at Bloodworth Crane District Stair Gate
Business or Pleasure? Have your papers in order!
Peacekeeper’s Noticeboard
Remember: Crime is Illegal Within the City Walls
Magic Users Must Register
(Parlor tricks or hocus-pocus not included)
You must be Clean to Enter the Mid-Ward
Humans: No, bathing last week doesn’t count. We recommend a visit to the “Tepid Barrel” at the bottom of the stairs.
Hiring: Doodle Cleaners
Are you our next wall scrubber? Apply now! Easy work – reasonable pay. No experience needed. Now also hiring humans!
Warning: Show Respect to the Guard
Remember: Your entry to the city can be rejected or revoked for any reason (apart from Tower-Ward citizens or with a written permit from a high-ranking peacekeeper).
Taxes: Weapon Length Measurement
Please show the guard your weapon so it can be measured and taxed appropriately. Weapons crafted in the Crane District with a valid certificate of authenticity are tax free.
Prohibited Items
- Not allowed in the mid-ward:
- Weapons of war (excessive polearms, long spears, catapults, trebuchets, etc.). Ask a guard about applying for a license.
- Magical items of world-ending powers.
- Cheese aged for more than 300 years.
- Animals or humans carrying the plague.
- Overly pessimistic attitudes.
- Propaganda portraying Arwel in a neutral or positive light.
- Bodies of illegally killed elves.
- Rubber flops of unreasonable girth.
- Clothes making a mockery of fashion.
- Burglaswashers or gormaflange.
- Unprotected dead seers’ eyes.
- Unaccompanied ulks.
- Stolen goods (except if it was stolen from the Arwel District).
Fun fact
The stairs you just walked up have 1032 steps.* Have your papers in order or you will be walking back down.
*That is 1766 in human numbers
