Riven

The city of Riven sits on the edge of the Black Mire in Eastern Soma, tucked within a curve of the Black River that empties directly into the Great Eastern Sea. Built atop the muck and mud, the city’s foundation is as unstable as it comes. The buildings slowly but inexorably sink into the ground, are abandoned, and then, once the building has completely submerged in the sludge, new construction is built atop it. The townsfolk have taken to building their homes on stilts, to give themselves that much longer before their house is swallowed by the mire, but some eschew this and instead construct their homes and quickly and cheaply as possible, making it all the easier to abandon later. Centuries worth of homes and other structures lie beneath the current city, and chimneys and rooftops can be seen emerging from the soil in places, especially on the outskirts of the town.