The City Watch

The City (“Filthy”) Watch
The safety of the districts...

“The Filthy Watchmen are notoriously clever. And brutal. Only men who can read and write join the Watch—an honor bestowed mostly upon noble boys who were not first heirs, or merchant’s and artisan’s sons who didn’t inherit the family business, though some commoners who spend more than four years in the Learned District library make the cut. The Watch writes down everything. They write descriptions of thieves and assassins like Flora in their damnable ledgers.”

People

 * Beakley Weaver—The leader of the Watch.
 * Bjorn Stone—A general of the Watch.
 * Cyril Sheep— A shrewd man. Lead detective on the case of the assassins in the Maze.
 * Madigan Slang—She was the detective for the False Horse Duel.
 * Bay Watch—Patrols the ocean bordering the city.

Buildings

 * Filthy Watchtowers—Outposts on the city walls that serve as barracks for the soldiers of the Filthy Watch.

Quote
“With the Filthy Watch prowling the streets in hooded cloaks and steel-capped soldiers walking the curtain walls with crossbows and manning ballistae for the first time in a generation, it took Flora, Hamm, and Toady many days to slink out of the city.”

Other Civic Districts

 * Boneyard
 * The Stockyards
 * Learned District
 * Carter District
 * Scribe
 * The Mills