The Dessarian River

Long ago, before there were roads anywhere north of Tehtyr, the Dessarin was known as the Road to the North. The river reaches up past Waterdeep to the Evermoors, and into the eastern end of the Spine of the World.
When humankind first explored the North, the chose to surprsingly fertile Dessarin delta for the first settlements. To this date, more humans live in the long, broad valley of the Dessarin than in any other part of the Savage Frontier. The farms an dranches of the dleta feed the remote mining settlements of the Norht, and fall prey to the orc hordes that sweet down the Dessarin every decade or so.
The great river varces the rough hills of the central North into a broad, gentle valley. It is the principal route for trade and commerce in the regions, linking Waterdeep near its mouth with Yartar and Silverymoon hundreds of miles upstream.
Minstrels sometimes describe the Dessarin as a sword thrusting up into the heart of the North. In fact, the river itself was once known as the Sword. This is important knowledge to those puzzling out Netherese and other ancient writings, trying to locate important sites or priceless treasure.
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