A grand array of buildings and personages await the fortunate traveler who decides to stroll through the streets of the High Quarter. What splendid grace and beauty, such impressive style! The grand edifices of the Free City's High Quarter are, in general, mansions that would be fit for the ruler of most political entities. In Greyhawk, however, such homes are just rewards for successful merchants, important ambassadors, the city's own Directors, and others of wealth and station. Stores and shops are not found in the High Quarter; the residents can usually find everything they need at the city's High Market. The only businesses in the quarter are those gambling houses, taverns, and clubs that cater to a wealthy clientele.

The Garden Quarter marks a great arc about the city's High Quarter. In truth, an untutored observer could not tell where one district could not tell where one district ends and the other begins. But the boundaries are clearly deifined in the collective social consciousness of the citys' elite. If the estates in the Garden Quarter tend to be a little smaller than their uphill neighbours, if their statuary is less exquisite and the architecture more plain, these deficiencies are more than made up for by the brilliant profusion of blossoms grown here. The sweeping expanses of manicured beauty have given the quarter its name and its character. There are now shops in the quarter, save for the region of the High Market. Several fine inns and clubs offer fine cuisine and gambling to wealthy patrons.

This most riotous district is centered around the great curving avenue know as the Strip. With its tavern, brothels, gambling dens, and worse, the Strip at night is a cacophony of noises, a shodowland of flickering torches and blazing lamps. And always, day and night, it teems with drunks, rivermen and cityfolk. Naturally, adventurers love it here. Lodgings are cheap, and news from the world beyond is plentiful. Behind the Strip, the River Quarter is a mixture of bording houses and warehouses.

This is the most crowded quarter of the New City, not just because this is the residential district assigned to all those who do not hold Greyhawk citizenry, but because it is a nice place to live. It offers a variety of eateries and taverns, as well as tiny shops of varying unique types. Many of the businesses here retain a distinctive character of their owners' origins.)

The city district that houses Greyhawk's universities, colleges and schools is referred to by two names: "Clerkburg" as a reference to the students, tutors, scribes and clerks, who live here in great numbers: and the "Halls" meaning the large, airy buildings that typically house the schools. Though it is not readily apparent from outside the quarter, Clerkburg is an area of plants, grassy yards and small parks. It is second only to the Garden Quarter in the number and variety of its greenery. An interesting feature of the quarter is the outside seating, or veranda, available at most of the small tavern and eateries. On Godsday with nice weather, the streets of Clerkburg swell with folk from all over the city, coming to enjoy their meal in the fresh air.

This small quarter of the Free City is one of the most peaceful, lacking the wild taverns and crowds of most other districts. The Artisans' Quarter is home to hardworking people and their families. Its major features are the guildhalls for many of these craftsmen and women. This Quarter has its share of taverns, but these are quiet, neighbourhood places. With its convenient location next to the Low Market, the residents of this quarter rarely have to go elsewhere for their needs. Travellers here can see the hallmarks of each tradesperson on the front of their houses, ornately carved railing for the carver, a wide sweeping stairway for the carpenter, an imposing granite facade for the stonemason and so on. Weavers, painters and metalsmiths likewise decorate their abodes and businesses.

This maze of alleys, shacks, boarding houses and everything else is the true soul of Greyhawk. Herein lie the city's roots and herein also live its most volatile citizens. The Old City, seperated by the Black Gate from the New City, has taken on a life all its own. If the New City should suddenly disappear from the earth, the Old City would function much as before. The same could not be said of the reverse. Crime and misery are commonplace here, but so are gallantry and decency. Thieves control the bulk of the business ventures and other activities, but nowhere else is the proverb 'honour among thieves' more in evidence. The borders within the Old City between the Thieves' Quarter and the Slum Quarter are ill-defined, however for the residents living and work down here, it is blatantly obvious.

This maze of alleys, shacks, boarding houses and everything else is the true soul of Greyhawk. Herein lie the city's roots and herein also live its most volatile citizens. The Old City, seperated by the Black Gate from the New City, has taken on a life all its own. If the New City should suddenly disappear from the earth, the Old City would function much as before. The same could not be said of the reverse. Crime and misery are commonplace here, but so are gallantry and decency. Thieves control the bulk of the business ventures and other activities, but nowhere else is the proverb 'honour among thieves' more in evidence. The borders within the Old City between the Thieves' Quarter and the Slum Quarter are ill-defined, however for the residents living and work down here, it is blatantly obvious.