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==The Silver Sea==
Until recently there was regular, if not frequent, travel down the Sarn to a city called Orahorah, the closest friendly port on the Silver Sea. In the past such trips were undertaken by groups of a half dozen ships or so, to maximize profit and safety.  Orahorah is the closest port on the Silver Sea, important because of the fragility of our craft but far from ideal because of the restrictions of trade. The city is ruled by a monopolistic merchant's guild; rather than allow us to trade directly, or even transfer our goods to another ship, we are forced to sell our goods to middlemen, who then sell them elsewhere.

That's Orahorah (Seneschal's Map 56.55). You've got to understand that the Silver Sea is vast. It's supposedly an inland sea -- or, at least it was, three Cycles ago -- and the river boats we use are too small and fragile to navigate any distance from shore. Before Zizdul fell our merchants would transfer goods into larger boats and sail wherever they wanted; to Twelve Towers -- the magocracy -- Orm and Ord --the Twins -- the Gloaming, Talltree and other lands even more exotic. Now, though, we've got a further journey. Upon entering the Sea we bear east, hugging the shore, until we reach the Broken Straits and the Silent City of Orahorah. None of our merchants operate out of there -- they can't, it's a strict Guild system, no outsiders allowed -- so we sell our goods their and bring back what we can."