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| − | + | [[Waterways]] is the blanket term encompassing the various industries that rely on Myrken Wood's rivers, streams and lakes. These include ''Fishing'', ''Shipping'', and ''Travel''. In Myrkenwood, there are four major rivers - the [[West Mavoiir River|West Mavoiir]], [[East Mavoiir River|East Mavoiir]], [[Posehabnak River|Posehabnak]] and [[Sagpa River|Sagpa]] Rivers - and three major lakes - [[Silver Lake]], [[Tewellyn Lake]], and [[Lake Mavoiir]]. Due to this, Waterway work is always in demand, and much of Myrken Wood's shipping is done by river, with [[Myrkentown]] itself being situated on the shore of [[Silver Lake]]. | |
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===Fishing=== | ===Fishing=== | ||
| − | Anyone with the time, | + | Anyone with the time, inclination, and a line or trap may catch a fish or two for supper. Most of [[Myrken Wood]]'s fisheries are situated on the shores of the region's lakes: [[Shawburn]] on [[Tewellyn Lake]], [[Myrkentown]] on [[Silver Lake]], and [[Quagside]] on the tidal estuary of the [[Posehabnak River]]. sent down to [[Foggy Bottom]] to be pickled, packaged, and shipped. There are also various industrious individuals that fish all along the rivers and streams for rarer catches and roe. [[Foggy Bottom]], at spring and at fall, becomes an attraction with the running of sturgeon and salmon, with workers migrating upriver in order to have a chance to make some quick coin. |
*[[Quagside]] | *[[Quagside]] | ||
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===Shipping and Travel=== | ===Shipping and Travel=== | ||
| − | + | [[Myrken Wood]]'s roads are of variable quality - while the main thoroughfares like the [[North Passage Down]] are kept traversable, maintenance of secondary roads most often falls to those who rely upon these routes for their livelihoods - woodsmen, farmers, herders and the like. Many of these roads are deeply rutted and impassably muddy for much of the year. [[Myrken Wood]]'s rivers and lakes provide a faster, more reliable and more comfortable means of shipping passengers and cargo throughout the province. Settlements along Myrken's waterways rely upon river traffic for a good part of their economy. Teams of horses and oxen (or sometimes even local youths) wait at outposts along most major waterways to haul vessels upstream for a fee. [[Myrkentown]]'s location on the shore of [[Silver Lake]] has established the it as the region's main interchange between road and river traffic. | |
| − | *[[Ostmere]], [[Erlkynwold]], and [[Lindock]] lie along the [[West Mavoiir]] River, and are the major shipping towns from [[Myrkenwood]] into [[Amasynia]]. Erlkynwold, | + | *[[Ostmere]], [[Erlkynwold]], and [[Lindock]] lie along the [[West Mavoiir]] River, and are the major shipping towns from [[Myrkenwood]] into [[Amasynia]]. Erlkynwold, though isolated by land, is a prominent trading post between Myrkentown's merchants and the inhabitants of the elven enclave deep in the western woods. |
| − | *Many more small settlements provide similar storage, hauling, and travel services | + | *Many more small settlements provide similar storage, hauling, and travel services along the banks of the [[Posehabnak]]. |
Revision as of 19:53, 1 July 2014
Waterways is the blanket term encompassing the various industries that rely on Myrken Wood's rivers, streams and lakes. These include Fishing, Shipping, and Travel. In Myrkenwood, there are four major rivers - the West Mavoiir, East Mavoiir, Posehabnak and Sagpa Rivers - and three major lakes - Silver Lake, Tewellyn Lake, and Lake Mavoiir. Due to this, Waterway work is always in demand, and much of Myrken Wood's shipping is done by river, with Myrkentown itself being situated on the shore of Silver Lake.
Fishing
Anyone with the time, inclination, and a line or trap may catch a fish or two for supper. Most of Myrken Wood's fisheries are situated on the shores of the region's lakes: Shawburn on Tewellyn Lake, Myrkentown on Silver Lake, and Quagside on the tidal estuary of the Posehabnak River. sent down to Foggy Bottom to be pickled, packaged, and shipped. There are also various industrious individuals that fish all along the rivers and streams for rarer catches and roe. Foggy Bottom, at spring and at fall, becomes an attraction with the running of sturgeon and salmon, with workers migrating upriver in order to have a chance to make some quick coin.
Shipping and Travel
Myrken Wood's roads are of variable quality - while the main thoroughfares like the North Passage Down are kept traversable, maintenance of secondary roads most often falls to those who rely upon these routes for their livelihoods - woodsmen, farmers, herders and the like. Many of these roads are deeply rutted and impassably muddy for much of the year. Myrken Wood's rivers and lakes provide a faster, more reliable and more comfortable means of shipping passengers and cargo throughout the province. Settlements along Myrken's waterways rely upon river traffic for a good part of their economy. Teams of horses and oxen (or sometimes even local youths) wait at outposts along most major waterways to haul vessels upstream for a fee. Myrkentown's location on the shore of Silver Lake has established the it as the region's main interchange between road and river traffic.
- Ostmere, Erlkynwold, and Lindock lie along the West Mavoiir River, and are the major shipping towns from Myrkenwood into Amasynia. Erlkynwold, though isolated by land, is a prominent trading post between Myrkentown's merchants and the inhabitants of the elven enclave deep in the western woods.
- Many more small settlements provide similar storage, hauling, and travel services along the banks of the Posehabnak.
