The city square, lined with all manner of shops and businesses catering to both the town's citizens and the town's visitors in almost equal volume, was not crowded, given its large amount of allotted space, but despite how sized it was, it still garnered much business. The bakery, the butcher, the shoemaker—here all the craftsmen gathered. And to top it all off, there were plenty of restaurants and inns and boutiques and all that people expected of such a congested area of a port city. They had an image of prestige and service to keep up, and the sellers there would be damned if they didn't. Lovers walked the streets, and small children played in them. Women hung their laundry at the side of the road, and the merchants headed on the north road to the market.