Shalebridge

Shalebridge is a district between the Old Quarter, the Docks, and New Market. The Shalebridge Cradle Orphanage is located in or near Shalebridge and Shalebridge Road. Shalebridge is one of Raputo's districts. It is located along a shallow point in the River. Taft Avenue is a street in Shalebridge.

Several centuries later the Shalebridge fire made the day sky black with smoke, and brightened the night (it is unclear if it happened at day or night or both). This occurred a few generations before Baron Elias Northcrest. Fires, plagues and war are several of many things that the city has seen in its ancient history.

Trivia

 * The district is first mentioned in Thief: The Dark Project, "Assassins" and "The Sword".
 * It appears on a map seen in two levels of Thief II: The Metal Age, and is also referenced in Shipping and Receiving and Life of the Party.
 * The reference to the Shalebridge fire happening in the City's distant past may be a nod to the burning of the Shalebridge Cradle asylum metioned in Thief 3 (although its chronologically not in the same period as when the fire actually happened, or the series for that matter within the new Thief's own timeline).
 * Since Deadly Shadows, its not clear if Shalebridge is a full district/region or a sub-district within one of the other major districts.