More than ten days had passed since the riots in Oldtown. Through the combined efforts of Danyla, the Oldtown Garrison, and the Starry Sept's new team of septons, the ancient city, with its thousands of years of history, finally returned to normal work and daily life. Its streets once again bustled with voices.
After House Cuy was crushed, Oldtown's overland routes fully reopened. Trade by land returned to normal as well, promptly resolving the soaring prices and shortages caused by the riots.
But among Oldtown's lower classes, many people's lives had changed beyond recognition. The rioters who had chosen to follow Danyla's men in storming the Starry Sept plundered a considerable amount of loot, suddenly finding themselves comfortably off.
They also received special treatment from the Oldtown Garrison. Using their newfound wealth, they began setting up small businesses, showing signs of becoming a new class of wealthy citizens.
The rioters who had chosen to surround and attack the dragons, however, not only became food for the beasts themselves, but left their families in even greater hardship by depriving them of their main breadwinners.
Yet both the Starry Sept and Oldtown's wealthy residents had lost most of their riches in the riots. For now, they could barely maintain their own basic livelihoods, and hardly any had the means to help those families.
As for the Oldtown Garrison under Danyla's control, simply leaving them alone was already an act of utmost mercy. Why would it offer them a helping hand?
For a time, many new vagrants and beggars appeared on Oldtown's streets. Its slums grew even more crowded.
Fortunately, trade at Oldtown's docks had also regained some vitality. Although its scale had shrunk by well over half, it at least restored some of the city's former prosperity, providing quite a few jobs