The Petal District is the wealthiest part of one of the richest cities on Golarion. The aristocrats who dwell on Aroden’s Hill, in the northeastern corner of Absalom, are as far above your typical well-to-do trademaster or border count as those worthies are above beggars squatting in the street. From their Petal District palaces, Absalom’s great and good—or at least its wealthy and powerful—control the fates of thousands. Merchant empires are run from the Petal District, as are ancient noble houses that can count their years back to Aroden’s ascension. To be a Petal District noble, it is said, is perhaps as close to a heavenly existence as is possible on this side of Pharasma’s court.

A few businesses catering to the impossibly wealthy thrive here, but most of the district consists of noble estates speckled along the sides of Aroden’s Hill, typically with courtyards or gardens attached. Broad boulevards connect the estates, paved with sparkling stones and marked with brick-framed medians filled with flower gardens, the source of the district’s name. The most prestigious parts of the Petal District are near the top of Aroden’s Hill, though those who haven’t quite reached those heights often debate whether a manor overlooking the bay is more desirable than one facing the Kortos Mounts. Those who can see both are often unutterably smug about it.