For 1. you can find that same ground covered here.
2. The canals themselves are fairly safe territory in central Taravast and within the academic and governance districts, as a result of a higher density of guards on site. There are some instances of pickpocketing. Gondoliers often look out for both each other and each other's boats, given past episodes of runaways trying to steal vessels, either to aid in their escape or to make some fast coin.
Things get a little dicier closer to the necromantic districts, where unsavoury characters are given a warmer welcome. Now and then, you can spy dead left to float in the canals — and sometimes, these bodies have been carved of parts or innards by flesh traffickers who provide the parts to necromancers.
But, generally, assume a level of urban crime similar to an European capital — more often comprising theft than bloodshed.
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For 1. you can find that same ground covered here.
2. The canals themselves are fairly safe territory in central Taravast and within the academic and governance districts, as a result of a higher density of guards on site. There are some instances of pickpocketing. Gondoliers often look out for both each other and each other's boats, given past episodes of runaways trying to steal vessels, either to aid in their escape or to make some fast coin.
Things get a little dicier closer to the necromantic districts, where unsavoury characters are given a warmer welcome. Now and then, you can spy dead left to float in the canals — and sometimes, these bodies have been carved of parts or innards by flesh traffickers who provide the parts to necromancers.
But, generally, assume a level of urban crime similar to an European capital — more often comprising theft than bloodshed.