Ethtuwate-cala-Tun

This extensive river and its tributaries once formed a fertile network of rich grazing and farming lands and gave birth to the great Hundaei culture. The Shattered Folk’s legends hold that long ago an evil god raised the Stoneheart Mountains to punish the people and cut them off from the rest of the continent, and after that the river lands grew more arid and less productive. Today, while the Gods’ Ride remains a central feature of The Haunted Steppes, its flow is not as great or as easily predictable as in the past. Its lands remain ideal for grazing, but occasional droughts can cause deprivation, and some of its various tributaries are seasonal, dwindling to muddy trickles in dry seasons before swelling to floods when the rains come. The Elitan-i-pan Confederacy controls much of the western portion of the river basin and have begun to construct permanent or semi-permanent settlements in tentative steps from a nomadic culture to a more settled economy.

Alternative Name(s)

Gods’ Ride River

Type

River