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Originally Posted by Astromancer
Rhiannon
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On
Muirias the big
Monsoons comming out of Dagda's Cauldron keep the continent wet and fertile. Two vast rivers, the Grail and the Umbry, drain the eastern and western halves of the continent respectively. The two great rivers and their vast tributaries are the highways of
Muirias and flow together and form a vast delta at the southern end of the continent. Among these vast delta swamps (fertile land for planting vast rice crops) there is a large shield volcano, long extinct, but with many hot springs. The largest human settlement on
Rhiannon is on the slopes of this volcano.
The city of Jízhčn (Chinese for Market Town) is the trade entrepot of
Muirias. The center of the whole continent's transport system. On the high slopes above Jizhčn the Tuatha maintain their major base on
Muirias. Jízhčn was founded by Chinese Libertarians and has little or no formal government. They ditch most regulatory and governmental chores off on the Tuatha because it is both easy and generally gets good results.
The Tuatha are often called the "Flower Men" here because they mint high quality nearly indestructible coins. These coins are marked with a flower and a number on one side and a female face and the same number on the other side. These coins are the most widely recognized currency on
Rhiannon.
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