Travelling primarily via boat - small boats, that hug the coast rather than venturing out across the deeper water in the centre of the ring of islands. The inhabitants mostly live around the edge of the water, but do travel into the forested areas for food. The main town and local seat of government is currently at the mouth of the river on the south-west, but historically there was a second centre of political power at the monastery on the island just to the north of that. That island still has the second largest population, but the old city at the river mouth, that served the monks, is falling into ruins and people are spreading out along the coast instead. There are only a handful of elderly monks left on the monastery at the top of the mountain, by the river source - whether the decline of the monastery is a result of, or the cause of, its loss of power isn't entirely clear.
Fjords:
A small, fairly isolated fishing and farming settlement by the lake at the top - subsistence mountain farming, goat-based. The fish (salmon) are plentiful, though. It's possible for them to get over the mountain to the villages nearer the other river, but only outside of the winter months.
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Travelling primarily via boat - small boats, that hug the coast rather than venturing out across the deeper water in the centre of the ring of islands. The inhabitants mostly live around the edge of the water, but do travel into the forested areas for food. The main town and local seat of government is currently at the mouth of the river on the south-west, but historically there was a second centre of political power at the monastery on the island just to the north of that. That island still has the second largest population, but the old city at the river mouth, that served the monks, is falling into ruins and people are spreading out along the coast instead. There are only a handful of elderly monks left on the monastery at the top of the mountain, by the river source - whether the decline of the monastery is a result of, or the cause of, its loss of power isn't entirely clear.
Fjords:
A small, fairly isolated fishing and farming settlement by the lake at the top - subsistence mountain farming, goat-based. The fish (salmon) are plentiful, though. It's possible for them to get over the mountain to the villages nearer the other river, but only outside of the winter months.