Atlas history
What is known
Sorakar grew where several waterways and flood basins meet. Government there remains inseparable from the practical work of keeping water moving.
City or settlement
Sorakar
The working meeting place of Vaar-Kashai's Rain Crown.
Meeting place of the rivers
Sorakar occupies a web of channels, embankments and flood basins near the heart of Vaar-Kashai. Parts of the city stand on raised stone platforms while lighter districts are rebuilt as waterways shift. Government is inseparable from maintenance: a neglected sluice can threaten more lives than an invading company.
The Rain Crown
Delegates from the nine river communities meet here to settle navigation, labour and water disputes. Authority is deliberately divided among engineers, judges, merchants and river guardians. The system prevents easy dictatorship, but an emergency can become dangerous when every office waits for another to act.
Knowledge in the water records
Flood archives preserve more than engineering. Repeated measurements reveal buried foundations, sealed chambers and places where Essan effects disturb ordinary currents. Scholars value the records, while Myaks seek them because a century of careful water notes can expose a hidden site without a single excavation.