Yara River
The great north-flowing river of Baramma Place Baramma The great jungle island east of Tarkdaara, separated from the mainland by the Bram Sea and home to the Bar., gathering the streams of the Baramman Vale Place The Baramman Vale The wide central valley of Baramma, held between the Elderrange and the Secessionists mountains and drained by the Yara system. and carrying them through the gap between the ranges to the Bram Sea Place Bram Sea The shallow sea between the mainland at Udhafa and the island of Baramma, the water crossed to reach the jungle coast.. It reaches the coast at Nilas Place Nilas The single Maan-held city on the otherwise Bar island of Baramma, a stone-built port on the coast of the Bram Sea., whose harbour sits on its mouth, so every log, hide, and grievance of the interior eventually floats past the empire's customs house.
Key traits
- Formed where the Northern and Eastern Yara Flows meet below the Vale; navigable by raft and shallow barge for most of its lower run.
- In the clan rolls of AC 50 its official name is Yara'onnae, the Yara Flow; on the road and the water everyone already says Yara river, and by the later age only the common name survives outside ritual speech.
- The Bar People Bar Towering, massively built, and engineered for high-load work and vertical terrain, the Bar are the strength line. float timber, wicker, and market goods downstream to Nilas; river stones from its bed are carried home for blessing-work, and children are taught which pools are not swum.
- Passes within half a day of Verden Place Verden In AC 50 there is no Verden: only unbroken fern forest on the north road where the Leafroad passes beneath the dead city of Onnila, a stretch walked quickly and not slept in. and the dead city of Onnila Place Onnila A city on the east coast of Baramma, facing the open waters, and the first Iru-era settlement raised on the island in the age of discovery. on its lower run.