The Rifts

The Rifts and Green River Valley are an area in central Yaja.
It is inhospitable due to its cliffs and gulleys
It is never full explained in the Middle Kingdom why it is largely uninhabited (maybe haunted??)
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Since the bridge they had spent two days travelling north until they reached the huge canyon that the river ran through.
This was rugged, windswept terrain, like nothing she had ever seen before. Not much could grow here although she did see some wild grasses in the valleys and what may have once been terraced rice fields on some of the slopes.
If farmers had ever lived here though it would have been a harsh existence, ever hungry, on the edge of starvation, very different from the valley that Placitan dwelled in which was rich and fertile.
They ate what little they could find, mostly fruit from the low bushes that grew in the hollows and the occasional banana or plantain.
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They were on the valley floor now, in the thick jungle. The canopy of the forest held off the rain somewhat so it was easier to talk and be heard.
 
 
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‘I
wonder why no one lives here.’
‘Someone
built that hut,’ replied the ogre.
‘I
mean this whole valley, silly,’ she giggled.
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