The 2nd District is one of the most famous and most important districts of the City, as the main port that travellers and trader vessels alike enter and leave through. This is commemorated at the entrance to the main docks, where an grand arch stands, signifying the district's role as 'the gates between the city and the rest of the world'. Much of the district's infrastructure is constructed to support these dual purposes: trade and the movement of goods in and out of the city, and welcoming tourists and newcomers to the city.
It's also one of the largest and wealthiest districts of the city, with many rich merchants and nobles choosing to live near the docks that make them their money, and the auction houses of rare and exotic goods where they spend it. Their opulent towers overlook the rest of the district, golden roofs shining in the sun like many lighthouses looking out to sea.
The district connects to several others, allowing people to flow out into the rest of the city, and their own destinations. The main road from the docks leads many tourists and would-be adventurers straight into the 3rd, the District of Heroes, while trade goods not destined for the markets here are sent upstream at the mouth of the river into the 5th (with help of the Spirit of the River to reverse the current).
The 2nd is one of the largest and most varied districts, with many different neighbourhoods and locations of interest.