Wellgrave Towers

In its simplest form, this complex is 4 seven story tenement buildings with a central square in the middle. On the bottom floor is about 23 shops, plus whoever decides to set up in the Tower Square. Most of the other levels are apartments for the halfling workers and their families. The building itself dates back to the time of High Adar Gustavus Habsburg II–though it was renovated about 150 years ago for use by small sized creatures–and each tower has 2 submerged levels.

Currently owned by the Wellgrave Family.

Smoke Tower
Building 1 - colloquially known as Smoke Tower because the building suffered significant fire damage at some point in the past and is still somewhat charred.

Shops: Fosco’s herbal Remedies; The Holman Clinic; The Low Bar (owned by Hob); Lotho’s Sew Shop; Fiskus R Us (owned by Garret); Landfood Diner (owned by Eldon); Wellgrave Laundering.

Gustavus Tower
Building 2 - Called Gustavus Tower because of an old but remarkably intact mural of High Adar Gustavus triumphantly leading the Splendid Marches. The mural wraps around the street side of the building and has minor magic that causes swords to glitter and a dragon to breath sparks. The Mural goes up to the 3rd story, but is in fact partially submerged. Gustavus Tower is the main storage area for clan Wellgrave, and much of the underground levels are taken up by boxes and such, as is a significant portion of the ground floor. Hob’s General Goods is the only shop here besides a fiskus cafe. Hob runs what is something of a franchise of Wellgrave towers: he does not pay for Wellgrave inventory to sell, but rather gets a cut of the proceeds. He also sells inventory that he aquires like a normal store.

Wellgrave Tower
Building 3 - Wellgrave Tower, as it is generally known, has its 6th and 7th floor given over to the offices and living quarters of the Wellgrave family. The tower generally has larger rooms and better renovations than the others, and consequently better off halflings tend to live here. The basement of this building is used as something of a complex meeting place where new residents are introduced and such every other friday.

Shops: Barbershop (wellgrave owned); Fine Fiskus (Wellgrave owned); Dale eatery (nice restaurant, owned by Poppy, who is head chef); Margo's Jewelry (Margo is a dwarf); Wellgrave Contracting (something of a temp agency); Nick’s Knacks (curiosity shop).

Ruby Tower
Building 4 - Called ‘Ruby Tower’ because, unlike the other buildings, this tenement was built with an Iron facade–which has now rusted severely. The underground floors of this room are rented out, generally by new immigrants who feel more comfortable underground.

Shops: Wellgrave grocers; Roramic’s Divination and Destiny Outlet (mostly a fortune teller, owned by an Adept of little apparent power, a few minor curiosities for sale); Handy Hilda’s Home (repairs and such); Fresh Fiskus (Wellgrave owned); Corner Cobbler (very well regarded, owned by Hayden Belker); Loafer Bakery (owned by Masp loafer, doubtful if real name); Chaldera’s Shrine (Wellgrave owned, attended by Marla, an acolyte who is granted a single 1st level spell a day).

Market Square
Market Square - mostly a play area for children and an open air lounge for adults. Customers from the restaurants, bakery, and fiskus shops mingle here as well as in the shops, and public seating is available. One market day (sunday) a few vendors sell their wares here, usually halflings peddling Daleland produce. A message board hangs here, generally filled with announcements and advertisements, plus the occasional personal ad.

Resources
Resources: 25 toughs are employed as guards for the complex, each of first level. Most are thugs, but some are rogues or fighters. All are halflings. If one were to try to raise a mob from the tenants, perhaps as many as 300 could be assembled to wield pitchforks. The family’s liquid assets are stored on the 7th floor of Wellgrave Tower, in the center, and are always guarded by two guards. The family has a two thousand gold worth of gems and coinage. Hard assets, in addition to the complex and inventory, include about 3k invested in the stock of various riverboats and ownership of a couple of plots in the lower market that are rented to halfling merchants. The family also has a small office in The Dalelands which centers around procuring new tenants from the incoming immigrants and provides small loans for prospective residents.

Newly acquired property: the block containing the Drip Tower and The Stump. Leasing The Stump to Ceryl Darkthorn, druid of the Circle of Sith Visug, for 750gp/mo.