Stables District

Stables District
The district of animals...

Duke Stables, called Horse’s Ass behind his back, has a bitter rivalry with Duke Baker because of bitter events of the False-horse Duel.

Stables’ second son, Sirus, had lost the affection of a girl to one of the boys from the powerful Cook family in the Baker District. Sirus had challenged Garrett Cook to a duel, thinking the fat boy an easy target who would back down. He’d accepted the challenge. In the end, Sirus skewered Garret from a distance with the point of his full-length pole-poker. After reports that Sirus cheated, Duke Baker sat as judge and ruled that in fact he had cheated. Not only did Baker’s verdict brand the horselad a coward, but cheating in a fatal duel carried only one possible punishment. Death. And, in the Baker District, the condemned were executed by cremation in an oven. Duke Baker had to have his Doughboys physically carry Duke Stables—vowing vengeance at every step—and his screaming wife out of the district before he could carry out the sentence.”

People

 * Duke Stables, The Horse Lord — A man bent on revenge on Duke Baker for the death of his son.
 * Sirus — Stables second son, executed by Duke Baker in the False-horse Duel.
 * The constable—Stable’s cousin, murdered by Flora.

Buildings

 * The Stables — A large building filled with prize animals of the district.

Songs

 * The False Horse Duel

Banner

 * A rearing horse

Quotes
“Stables’ glare was murderous, yet although Baker had reported every tainted cabbage or trip over a rug to the Filthy Watch over the years, the Watch had never found evidence to implicate Stables. And even if the Horse Lord was trying to kill him, Stables couldn’t have a weapon in the Gull’s Nest. Indeed, he hadn’t even expected Baker to be here—the Duke of Dough was as safe as he could be in his seat at the end of the second row with Steel sitting directly in front of him.”

The War Machine

 * Steel District
 * Garment District
 * Smithy District
 * Iron District
 * Shipwright District
 * Carpenter District