Beyond the front doors of Sapphire's mansion, a courtyard with a crystal-clear pond and a tended garden extended, surrounded by pearly gates of steel. He left without saying a word to any of the members of the guild that were around, nor the gardeners.
Leaving the boundaries of the renowned guild's home base, he found himself in a generally unfamiliar section of the city. He knew where it was–the "Exas Sector"--an elevated portion of the city that loomed over the rest; a residential area of estates belonging to powerful lords and high-ranking guilds.
Hedges that stood as tall as trees lined the streets of fine, spotless cobblestone; carriages of rich carpentry, decorated with lavish metal and silken fabric rolled by, pulled by proud steed. Exas was a private area, where only those who lived in the estates, or traders granted access, were able to come in and out of.
