Sigil Research Paper

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Sigil: the City of Doors.
Considered by some to be the jewel of the Outlands, the nexus of power of the multiverse, a place of great beauty or ugliness. Every day in Sigil, deals are made that seal the fate of hundreds and thousands, negotiators barter for peace in the Blood War, and factotums seek the truth to the meaning of everything. People die, ideals are born, and great power is wielded with the flick of a finger.
Sigil is a place of contradictions. It’s the centre of an infinite multiverse. It’s an embattled neutral ground in a battlefield of philosophy. It’s the City of Doors and yet it’s called the Cage. It’s home to pit fiends and solars, devas and yugoloths, all living and drinking and socializing in more or less peaceful state.
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The Mortuary - a large, circular black building located in the Hive district of the city of Sigil. It is the headquarters of the Dustmen faction, who collect the city's corpses in order to either cremate them, or to raise those they bought as an undead workforce.
Darkwell Court The stretch of kips known as Darkwell Court lies between Whisper Way and Sandstone Row in the edge of the Hive closest to the Clerk’s Ward. This community and its peery-sounding name are home to the largest population of githzerai in Sigil, and true to form, the insular bashers have constructed a slice of their monastic society from Limbo within Sigil.
The Slags are a region ruined and tainted by evil due to an incursion by the Blood War and living weapons of the Demons still lurk among the ruins.
The Weary Spirit Infirmary is a free clinic which uses science (over magic) to heal...theoretically.. and the Boneyard Pond is used to dispose of those unlucky enough to pass in its care - a common hangout of ragpickers and bone
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Streets: The constant breakdown and rebuilding of buildings on top of each other, as well as the creation of new Mazes, means that the streets of the Hive literally change overnight. What today is a dead end might tomorrow be a four-way intersection. The chant is that the Hive stretches and molds in a constant attempt to fit all of the sods living there comfortably. Alley of Dangerous Angles, Hiverunners Road, Bedlam Run, Whisper Way, Sandstone Row
Buildings: With space at a premium, new structures are rebuilt on top of old ones, giving a typical building the appearance of a stack of boxes about to collapse. Many are marked by coded Scratch Wall House Marks. The Marble District, Ragpicker’s Square, The Slags.
Notables
Kadyx: A deadly carnivore of magical origin which hunts the Slags. His identity and species remain a mystery, however he is known to be highly intelligent and enjoys a sense of humour, which he displays through the remains of his

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