Fallowerness
An eastern harbor capital whose empty moorings carry the names of missing ships.
Fallowerness lies south of the great eastern mountain barrier, where coastal cargo can change to smaller river craft. The quay curves around old fallow salt fields; those left uncultivated serve as flood basins. Wealthy captains keep asking to build over them.
Admiral Ilyra Sere has reserved twenty empty berths for the ships lost in the Night Without Lanterns. Her opponents call this a waste of harbor revenue. Lin Sere has discovered one listed vessel still trades under a changed name. Its return would embarrass both those who ordered the darkness and those who profited from the rescue fund.
An eastern river confederacy held together by pilots, signal towers and a disputed promise of rescue.
Ilyra won the convenership by reopening winter supply routes.
Ossa left command school for the Gableclay kilns, preferring vessels whose failures could be tested.
Sena marks ropes with colored threads identifying the crews who made them.
Essra designed mirror shutters that can be operated by a single exhausted keeper.
Vaelor signed the order that darkened the towers, claiming the ports could not feed more arrivals.