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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GruTheWanderer" data-source="post: 653323" data-attributes="member: 3119">The Districts of PtolusPtolus lies between the Spire and the sea.  The highest portions of the city, the Noble's Quarter, is built on the very feet of the Spire.  From there the level of the city drops down a sharp cliff to Oldtown, and then again into Midtown.  Lastly, the final cliffs of Ptolus drop into the sea, with the only flat area at the bottom of the cliffs occupied by the city's docks.  Well-worn paths connect the various elevations of the city and help make Ptolus very defensible (although the city has not been attacked in even an elf's lifetime).The King's River flows through the city, spilling into an eroded chasm in the northwest corner and flowing down to the Whitewind Sea near the docks.  The bottom of the chasm, usually called the King's River Gorge, is 80 feet below the level of ground on the north side, but almost 180 feet below on the south side.  The south side still bears the old city walls and fortifications.  A bridge built atop two massive pillars, themselves erected atop two natural rock columns, stretches across the King's River Gorge at a steep angle, leading into the area of the city known as Oldtown.  Another bridge stretches across the chasm with the help of another rock column, joining Oldtown with the Rivergate District.  Although Oldtown is higher, the difference in elevation between these two districts is not as steep, so the slope of the bridge seems far less noticeable.</blockquote>

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