The Painted Quarter

Nestled away from the Yeorning river in the lee of a hill, criss-crossed by canals and bobbing lanterns, sits the Painted Quarter, the supposed seat of art in Brondhavn-Llyn.

So named for an old Bohemian tendency to redecorate the exterior of buildings, many of the houses and structures in the district are gaudily covered or strung with decorations. Most of the decorations are left to rot, and the paint to peel, giving the area a feeling of desperate, gallows carnival.

While notable artists have had studios in the district, it is best known for its grand opera house - the Brondhavn Orchid. A building near palatial in size, it was one of the cultural capitals of the coast a handful of decades ago. These days the paint peels and the shows are quieter, but it stands proud all the same.

The district is also known as being the the centrepiece of the annual Misgivings Day parade - a traditional holiday where deaths in the family are confirmed, based in an ancient paranoia of revenants. The Old Furrier Canal, one of the wider in the city, is known to house enormous boats filled to the brim with lights and festivities across the days of the the parade.