Leekowglen
An isolated northeastern harbor that keeps its promises through winter isolation.
Leekowglen's long northern approach makes it the last harbor supplied and the first forgotten. Families keep a sealed communal pantry, opened only when three unrelated children agree the storekeepers are rationing honestly. Its small leek gardens thrive beside fish-smoking walls.
The Dawning Beacon once guaranteed a rescue vessel within six days. During the Night Without Lanterns, the promised ship passed offshore without stopping. Ruel Sere now carries the original signal log from house to house, offering residents a choice between public testimony and another compensation payment.
An eastern river confederacy held together by pilots, signal towers and a disputed promise of rescue.
A wooded western port of Alceria whose shrines remember the displaced.
A western shore settlement painting warnings that captains can read through snow.
Shipwright terraces built from warmwood that must never be allowed to root.
A kiln town on the eastern coast that makes vessels for carrying dangerous warmth.
A southern orchard town built around the burial mound of the republic’s first victims.