The Southern Dau Lands
Fired clay, formal script. I am still unsure precisely how many hands were involved in the creation of this text, but it seems that the entire set is inscribed by at least three people, though the voice seems to be from a single individual. Style of tablet is typical from the early Sonakiiran golden age.
The region of our homeland is a hilly one. Flanked by the great Three Crown Ranges to the west and Southern Peaks to the south, the morning sun arises from The Gate in the east. Summers are parched and winter are wet as the Kohoni Dau River heaves with the torrents of the moons [or “months”?]. But we are blessed by the bounties of the mild springs and autumns.
We are at the mercy of the confluence of the Kohoni Dau and Nezhante Emna1. For every benefit the two rivers bring one must be doubly prudent. The greater of the two rivers, the Kohoni Dau, has its origins far in the north. She is born of a mountain named Sogum2 and she wind southwards through cold desert and into the fertile valley of our region. She flows beyond to the lands by the south, through cliff and gorge, roaring out into the low land flood planes below. The Kohoni Emna’s journey finally ends as she sighs out into the south sea. Swamp dwellers and merchants traverse these marshlands.
Geographer Y, “The Lands along the Kohoni Dau”, approx. 3100 TOR