Eastway District The World of Greyhawk & The World of Greyhawk Wiki The current year for our World of Greyhawk campaign is set during 579CY. Inspired By Gary Gygax

This district serves as the exclusive market and bazaar of Orthae Qu'lith's noble houses, a place where wealth, status, and influence are displayed as openly as the goods offered for sale. Unlike the bustling merchant quarters frequented by commoners and foreign traders, this district caters solely to the city's aristocracy.

Elegant walkways, richly adorned storefronts, and lavish displays of merchandise create an atmosphere of opulence designed to remind all visitors of the superiority of the noble houses that control the city. The goods available within the district are among the finest and rarest found anywhere in the Underdark. Master-crafted weapons and armor, exquisite jewelry, rare silks, imported surface luxuries, and exotic creatures can all be found within its markets.

Merchants who operate here are expected to maintain the highest standards, for even the slightest flaw in quality can ruin a reputation. Prices are far beyond the means of ordinary citizens, ensuring that only the wealthy and powerful can regularly conduct business within its boundaries.

Among the district's most sought-after commodities are magical items and arcane services. While powerful artifacts are rarely displayed openly, select merchants maintain private showrooms where favored clients may browse enchanted weapons, protective charms, rare spell scrolls, and other magical curiosities. Wizards, alchemists, and enchanters quietly compete for noble patronage, often offering exclusive services unavailable elsewhere in the city. Rumors persist that some merchants possess relics so rare that even the matron mothers must negotiate carefully to acquire them.

Access to the district is strictly controlled and reserved exclusively for drow. Outsiders, surface dwellers, and non-drow races are forbidden from entering under any circumstances. Guards loyal to the noble houses patrol the streets and entrances, ensuring that this law is rigidly enforced. To the drow aristocracy, the district represents more than a marketplace—it is a symbol of their wealth, privilege, and dominance over Orthae Qu'lith, a place where status determines worth and where the ambitions of the city's most powerful families are bought, sold, and negotiated.