Hillside

Wealthier district of Tarbean with clean streets, shops, and guards. Contrasts with the slums of Waterside and Dockside.

In The Kingkiller Chronicle, Hillside emerges in the first book, The Name of the Wind, as Tarbean's affluent enclave, a stark contrast to the squalor of Waterside and Dockside with its pristine streets, bustling shops, and vigilant guards. Kvothe, scraping by in the city's underbelly, views Hillside as an aspirational yet unreachable bastion of wealth during his time as a street urchin. Across the series, Hillside remains a static symbol of Tarbean's social stratification, underscoring themes of class divide without significant evolution in later books.