Sword Coast

The districts of Baldur's Gate outside its walls.

Messy and unorganized, the buildings of the Outer City arose without any forethought of form or function. Many of its structures, including livestock pens, huts and stockyards, were built from wood or even thin branches that were wound together around mere stakes driven into the ground. The roads that weave between the "buildings" twisted and turned in a chaotic sprawl. It is noisy, filthy and full of so many desperate folks that proved overwhelming to many who merely travel through to visit Baldur's Gate. Due to the high standards of cleanliness of the Baldurians, the city maintains a strict law that prohibits anything larger than a peacock from entering the city's gates. All the stables, livestock pens and abattoirs are consigned to a location within the Outer City. As such, flocks of sheep, goats, cattle and all manner of fowl are kept in enclosures or left to roam around unchecked.