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=== The Embers ===
The Embers is the District that was appropriated by the Jhonians after they captured the City to be used for nobility as their residences.  When the City was liberated from the Jhonians in AY966, the native Athernian populace rioted in the aftermath of the military victory, and set fire to this section.  The flames spread quickly, and it was only the efforts of the armed forces that stopped the fire from spreading to other quarters.  After law and order was restored, the local government decreed that any Jhonians wishing to stay in the city “could do so without persecution so long as they dwell amongst the embers of their former abodes, that they may well remember the price of their wickedness and blasphemy.”  Thus did the district get its name.
The burned-out hulks were gradually torn down, and new structures rebuilt.  Empty stone shells were rebuilt with new floors and roofs, and the district is now a bustling Jhonian quarter.  But the soot and scorch marks from the great fire can still be seen on the stone old enough to have been in place when the fire occurred, and local legend states that on the anniversary of the liberation of the city, the Embers Quarter fills with the stench of the burned flesh of those that perished in the flames. 
Jhonians are now permitted in most districts, the old prejudices having slowly faded as the generations passed and tensions eased.  Weaverspoint, Mudwalk, and Skullshore both have significant Jhonian populations.  But the Jhonians in the city view The Embers as “their” district – much like the Holy Symbol of A’Salam, the District itself has risen anew from the flames and thrives.