Iron District

Iron District
The enduring district…

“The Iron District of his eldest cousin, Dane, was older and more powerful, but the Iron streets were also aging and less elegant. And his cousin was dead now, unceremoniously shoved from his own balcony by a jealous mistress—a common woman who’d thrown herself down after him.

Dane was a grievous loss. Glass’s cousin had run the ancient Iron District competently and provided for his people. He’d also partnered with his younger cousin against common foes. Duke Smithy and Duchess Garment had tried to take several buffer streets from Glass’s District when he’d first married into the Glass family and become Duke beside his Duchess wife. They’d tested his resolve by moving their own shops into vacant buildings to claim them. When young Glass hesitated to confront them, Dane had sent his Iron Fist guardsmen in to drive them back into their historic district boundaries.”

People

 * Duke Iron, Dane— A strong and protective relative of Duke Glass.
 * The Iron Boy, Ferrous— Dane’s son, the heir to the Iron seat.
 * Lord Steward—Head of the Foundry family, the largest family in the Iron district, he is the head of the Iron council.


 * The Iron Council— The Iron council rules the Iron District while the boy is too young.
 * The Iron Fists— The soldiers of the Iron District.
 * The Iron Curtain— A famous fighter who fought in the Woods Wars..
 * Roger Smelter— Second to Duke Glass’ uncle’s father.  He fled after the Iron Duke’s death.
 * Iron Commanders—Slag, Peet, Furnace

Buildings

 * Iron Citadel— Forged entirely of metal, the castle is strong, ugly and dull.

Quote
“When they were boys he’d fend off bullies with his dulled wooden blade in the training yard, and he took full blame for a missing spice-pipe when they’d both smoked it—Dane had taken lashes from his iron-fisted father for that one, but laughed about it after the welts faded. If he were alive, he wouldn’t be bullied into an ill-advised war.”

The War Machine

 * Steel District
 * Garment District
 * Smithy District
 * Carpenter District
 * Shipwright District
 * Stables District