Travel by Water

Although water travel isn't used frequently in most cases, due to an increased density of infrastructure in the past 1000 years, it's continually gaining favour.

River Travel

This unique way of travelling is only used in Omarus. The country has the highest density of river occurences and with omish culture being so focused on knowing and living together with your neighbours as well as the various pilgrimages every one has to undergo if they want to be acknowledged religiously, travel by river became a natural thing to do.
The omish do this not by using a paddle, but their own hands to decide speed and direction of the boat. Their boats are intentionally designed in a way that leaves little space between the edge of the boat and the surface of the water. This way, they can glide their hand into the water and manipulate the stream in whatever way they need it. Having to not only manage the speed of the boat, but also change the flow of the river requires a lot of magic, however, so it's usually recommended to travel in groups for long travels via river.

Coast Travel

Runkans were the first people to discover and expand upon coastal travel. Their focus on economy and prosperity made it almost necessary to sooner or later find a way for goods to travel larger distances faster than by horse. It's still relatively unknown to the rest of the world as most countries prefer to live in isolation and don't willingly accept inventions of other countries. During the Great Plague in Josobre, people had no other choice but to travel to neighbouring countries by sea. After Ullahju closed its borders to incoming refugees, the eastern lying countries of Ordea, Aran and Yullec were open to accept new people after a certain time in quarantine. Since Aran was in a constant state of war with Kairan, however, a lot of people preferred to go straight to Yullec via boat so they could skip the dangers of entering a warzone. Ever since then, Yullec has gained a reputation for being a good place to immigrate to. Furthermore, as most villages are placed tightly together, there is not much use for travel by boat, which led to the haven in their capital city now exclusively being used by foreigners coming to and fro.