Longwall

Longwall is named, unsurprisingly, for its long wall. It features the longest single border wall in the whole city, and also houses the most people out of any district by far, with a population of around 110,000. The district houses a few shops, business fronts, taverns, and the like, but is mainly residential. A wide range of people live here, with the wealthiest living near the exit of the district to the Coliseum and the poorest living all the way in the back corners far away from anything. From its furthest point, it would take 3 hours to walk out of Longwall into another district.

Longwall has a bit of a reputation for being where all orphaned children end up in Surket. While this is far from true (orphans can be found in abundance in several other districts, notably the Bazaar and Slum City), this reputation persists and actually serves to grow the orphaned population because these children will think that they will have company. The origins of this myth are probably due to the Obdurate Heart Orphanage located centrally in the district. It is a massive building that houses hundreds of orphaned children, who are cared for by priests of Vesilis.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of life in Longwall is how the district is governed. Once every two years, anyone who wants to may place a ticket into a massive raffle. Once all the tickets have been entered, the raffle is held and one hundred people are selected at random. Those people will serve in the Senate for the next two years. They will elect a Consul who will both serve as the head of the Senate and as the representative for the Council. This Consul will have the power to guide the Senate, deciding which issues and topics proposed should be discussed, but ultimately holds little power. They are not even allowed to vote in the Council without prior approval, which often leads to Longwall missing the vote because its senate takes too long to make a decision. Its current Consul is Gregory Gregovitch, a human from Moravia to the far northwest who barely speaks the common tongue.

Recently, a wave of crime has swept Longwall. Pickpockets were always common here, but it seems that they have become organized. Nobody is quite sure what the cause is, but the urchins of the district seem to have become much more coordinated as of late. One child was caught and confessed to being a part of a “Fagin’s Army.”  Who Fagin is is still unknown, but they seem to have a growing number of child pickpockets under their control.

Notable Locations

 * Longwall Senate Building
 * Obdurate Hearts Orphanage
 * Society for Ethical Necromantic Arts (SENA) Clinic

Notable Factions

 * Longwall Senate
 * Fagin's Army
 * SENA