INDITHAR

a river that does not bend

The Wound

The Wound — a river that does not bend. A painted plate from the Atlas of Indithar.
The Wound — a river that does not bend. A painted plate from the Atlas of Indithar.

It begins where the world broke and runs south to the sea, and it does not bend the way rivers bend. Land within a day’s walk of either bank is ceded to it. The southern powers settle along it because nothing else can.

Where it drains, the sea runs black for miles. No fleet has followed it far.