Old Mahsht

Overview

Old Mahsht is the oldest part of Mahsht, occupying one of the city’s three fjord arms. Built up out of stone and brick long before the Reconstitution, it dates to the age of sail when ships were unloaded by hand. Smaller vessels still use its stone docks, and the district’s filled tide flats are incised by a dense network of narrow, irregular canals and alleys.

Notable Features

• Stone docks serving small craft, with frequent traffic in and out.
• Narrow, irregular canals and tight lanes cut through filled tide flats.
• A central plaza before a Bazian cathedral and the Old Mahsht town hall, the latter bearing a visible speelycaptor.
• Warehouses (some ancient and some cleared lots), wharf-tops, and open stretches of tide flat used as gathering and staging areas.

Associations

• One of three distinct harbor arms in Mahsht: a busy military sector, a commercial sector designed for boxed cargo from the end of the Praxic Age, and the older Old Mahsht arm.

Recent Activity

• When convoys tied up the harbor and normal berths became unavailable, a passenger transport was directed to a wharf in Old Mahsht rather than the usual commercial terminal. The district was described as the “kingdom of broken plans and improvisations,” crowded with job-seekers, vendors, preachers, and ad‑hoc transport.
• A public confrontation unfolded near the town hall plaza and along the canal network; avout in red shirts from Ringing Vale intervened to extract targets of a hostile crowd. City constables arrived afterward.

Status/Access

• Access and lodging are constrained during periods of harbor disruption. Conventional inns were reported full, with many people sleeping in mobes, fetches, or the open. Security on doors was tight, and movement favored pedestrians, pedal cycles, and scooters over larger vehicles.