Meadowspire is a market town on the Bridgegate Plains, known for its spire-shaped windmill and its seasonal fairs.
- Xilphine Tielphiath: Meadowspire's governess, who runs the town from Spirehall.
- Magistrate Edda Rainswick: presides over the Spirehall courtroom, hearing the town's legal cases.
- Adjudicator Lysa Vane: Harmony dispute-arbiter beneath the magistrate's court.
- Market Master Soren Pike: head of the Market Authority; issues stall licences and auction access.
- Chief Tithe Clerk Meryl Quill: runs the Weighhouse tithe and weights office.
- Watch-Captain Lysa Bracken: commander of the town guard.
- Canal Master Lera Fenn: allocates dock slots and warehouse keys at the south canal.
- Agent Oris Vell: the Golden Quill's licensing and compliance officer.
- Brother Halden: Helia temple liaison at Spirehall.
¶ Shops and trades
- The Auroch and Anvil (Varka Stonejaw): smithy and farrier.
- Hardgrain Grand Mill (Miller's Guild): grinds the town's grain and keeps bread cheap.
- The Wheat and Lantern (Dara Fenwick): the most respectable inn in town; Oswin Fenwick cooks.
- The Broken Plough (Bessa "Breadhand" Muln): the labourers' tavern.
- Threadneedle and True (Maren Deepwick): tailor and clothier of thirty years.
- Grimstock's General (Cobb Grimstock): survival goods, general store and pawnshop.
- Sunmeadow Remedies (Ketta Sunmeadow): apothecary and herbal distillates.
- Irongate Arms (Aldric Stave): armour.
- The Edge (Senna Quarrel): weapons, beside the Auroch and Anvil.
- The Quill and Cup (Vessa Lark): coffeehouse for scribes and clerks.
- Orvaine's Measures (Dalleth Orvaine): maps and survey instruments.
- Hollothorn Tower (Daedrick Hollothorn): a licensed enchanter and tower scholar.