Atlas history
What is known
Thraxis developed a strong tradition of water judgement after repeated disputes over mountain springs. Healers and engineers now share authority over its oldest channels.
City or settlement
Thraxis
A highland settlement built around protected springs and reservoirs.
The protected springs
Thraxis formed around cold mountain springs gathered into cisterns and stepped reservoirs. Water is measured before it enters household channels, gardens or travellers' troughs. The oldest structures are both civic works and sacred places, maintained with a care normally reserved for temples.
Judges, healers and engineers
Repeated disputes taught Thraxis that water decisions require several kinds of knowledge. Healers judge contamination, engineers judge supply, and appointed arbiters decide competing rights. Their shared authority is respected locally, though neighbouring lords sometimes resent being overruled by practical specialists.
What moves beneath the channels
Unusual changes in temperature and flow have led to speculation about sealed Essan works beneath the oldest reservoir. Excavation is prohibited until the city can protect its water supply. That caution frustrates scholars and creates exactly the delay in which covert investigation can flourish.