Dumidan River
the East River
The Dumidan River, often called the East River by natives of the Heartlands, is a major river in central Novyum, on the major continent of Ethae. The river flows out of Lake Roic at its west end, traveling east through the relatively flat lands of the eastern Heartlands, to Ubara's Arm of the Aabanu Sea.
The Dumidan is wide but shallow, limiting travel on it to smaller and shallow bottom crafts. As far as records show no bridge has ever been built crossing the river. Its shallow nature means fords are common enough along its length, and landowners along the river felt this was enough.
The lands surrounding the Dumidan River was once one of the major farming regions of the Heartlands. Ancient farming villages become great estates during the reign of the Republic of Lakorth. Estates whose noble families became warlords and regional powers after the Republics decline. The foundations of the United Kingdoms of Novyum saw several of these powers become kingdoms. The fall of the United Kingdoms saw an end to most of these ancient family lines, as the early civil war seemed to congregate to the Dumidan, with regional powers each trying to take control of the vast food supplies of the lands.
Today, a century after the beginning of the civil wars, the Dumidan River sits surrounded by forest that have grown up to cover the ancient farmlands. The lands north and south of the river are in constant flux as minor kingdoms rise and fall as constantly as the season.
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