The Wheel

the Wheel
the Wheel

This is the name given to the immense marketplace at the heart of the City at the Gates, that lies at the entrance of the Canyon of the Three Gates, and thus before the Gates of Osrakum. Beyond being a marketplace, it is also an outer defence of Osrakum, being that it is surrounded by a deep moat; a moat that is crossed by five bridges that can be closed by huge gates protected by gatehouses

From the Wheel, five roads move out, like the spokes of a wheel; these are the primary thoroughfares of the Commonwealth. It is for this reason that the symbol of the Wheel is, variously, a five-spoked wheel—consider the tattoos of the Brotherhood of the Wheel—and the quincunx that studs the gatetowers. You can find a discussion of the significance to me of the quincunx here