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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue_Genie" data-source="post: 1914416" data-attributes="member: 13477">Moving down unfamiliar sidestreets you make your way through Southern Corvis to the Black River Bridge, which will take you back to Eastern Corvis and the University district.  Most of the streets are empty at this time of the night, lit sporadically with lanterns mounted on the sides of houses.  You pass by a few late-night revelers and watchmen, but neither groups give you much notice.As you approach the bridge, and leave the wealthier neighborhoods, the buildings become smaller, and  you can still see evidence of the damage caused by the great battle which took place here only a few months ago.  Firearm damage still mars the sides of some buildings, and some which were completely destroyed by cannon fire are in the slow process of being rebuilt.The bridge itself is very well lit and is guarded by two large watchtowers on this end.  You can see small 12-pound cannons peeking over their parapets.  Inside the towers you can see guardsmen off-duty, relaxing or cooking.A somewhat impromptu wooden barricade blocks the entrance to the bridge here, and two watchmen, armed with halberds and military pistols stand guard here.  One of them jumps slightly as he sees you emerging from a side alley onto the main road.  He grabs his halberd and calls out, "Halt, who goes there?  Identify yourself!"[OOC]These are normal security procedures here at night.  The bridge took some of the worst damage during the recent skorne attack, and the Watch is worried of sabateurs and Inquisition loyalists.  During the day the bridge is crowded with people going about their business and visiting the many shops located on the bridge itself.  (Like the old London Bridge, this is a very wide structure, and actual buildings have been erected along the edges of it.  In fact, there is a whole bridge culture, made up of folks who make their home here.  They see themselves as very independent and free-thinking, and above the local politics that plague the rest of the city.)[/OOC]</blockquote>

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