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House Wavir: Balic and the South

Chapter downloaded from the House Wavir relay, Balic. Welcome to the south!

House Wavir's country runs along the south coast, from the dam at Balic east past the Mekillot Mountains to Amber Valley. Tap a pin to visit.

Look for the banner: a silver jozhal on blue. You'll see it everywhere.

House Wavir runs Balic, the richest city on Aerun, and runs it its own way: Balic pays wages. Porters, dockhands, and soldiers are all on the payroll, which makes Wavir the most popular family on the continent with the people who do the work, and the least popular with the other six families. Laws come from a Chamber of Patricians, the praetors stand for election every ten years, and the guilds get a vote. Wavir keeps score.

Everything the south trades passes through here, because Balic sits in the one gap where the highland comes down low enough to cross. The tolls are the city's real harvest.

In this chapter

• Arriving in Balic: the gate, the scale, your coin, and how Aerun works. Start here.
• Balic: the two-seas city, built right into its own dam.
• The Balic Saddle: the one low spot in the wall, and why there are ships above the rooftops.
• Altaruk: the walled caravan fort, 35 miles east, and the safest bed on the road.
• The Mekillot Mountains: a small range with a big reputation.
• Salt View: the ex-slave village with the best theater on Aerun.
• Amber Valley: the caravanserai town, and the place to join a caravan.

Shared ground

Not everything in Wavir country belongs to Wavir alone, and the locals will happily set you straight.

• Altaruk is held jointly by three houses, Wavir chief among them, so no single family can close its gates on the others.
• Amber Valley is neutral ground by long tradition. Rival house factors drink in the same room there and behave.
• The Ring Road and the Long Reach belong to the Caravan Guild, here as everywhere. See The Caravan Guild.

Where next

Your guide downloads each region's chapter from its own relay as you arrive.