- "Waterside money was tight and an empty begging bowl meant a cold, hungry night."
- ―Kvothe[1]
Waterside is the poorest of the two main sections of Tarbean.
Description[]
Waterside is close to the sea and consists of docks, low wealth businesses, and a small, less desirable residential district. It is the larger of Tarbean's two main parts, the lesser being Hillside. It is a hub for crime as much as trade, stricken by rampant poverty.
In The Chronicle[]
Kvothe lives in the Waterside district when he comes to Tarbean. He generally survives by begging, sometimes resorting to thievery if necessary. He withstands the brutal metropolitan, finding a secret place where two roofs meet above a tannery. It is in Waterside where Kvothe first meets Trapis and Skarpi, as well as his childhood nemesis, Pike.