Tamoanchan, painted for this archiveOcaraba Channel
Place, Sea
The deep, clear, warm channel separating Eria from Tamoanchan, linking Tamarack Sound with the Atlantean Ocean and Antillan Channel. Makara infest it, blocking trade; they especially like the Maka Lagoon, the world's largest lagoon, whose fresh water intoxicates them and their shark steeds.
From the book
The Ocaraba Channel is a deep waterway that divides Eria from Tamoanchan, running from Tamarack Sound to where the Atlantean Ocean meets the Antillan Channel. Its waters are unusually clear and warm, thick with eels, tropical fish and seaweed, and rich in shellfish along the coasts, especially in the Gulf of Tamara. Beyond small rocks near shore in the side gulfs, it has no islands.
Connected waters include the Gulf of Tamara, Tacuba Gulf, Tamagostad Gulf and the Maka Lagoon. The lagoon is thought to have been a river until an earthquake sank the surrounding land and widened its mouth; now fresh springs, plus water draining from the highlands and marshes of Aricagua and Awok, mix with the sea to make the largest lagoon on Earth. The Makara, or sea devils, favor it, because fresh water acts as a potent narcotic on them and their shark mounts, and the low salt is invigorating. Makara swarm through most of the channel, keeping Tamarack's people off these waters and choking trade.
At a glance
- Pronunciation
- O-ca-RA-ba
- Associated waters
- Gulf of Tamara, Tacuba Gulf, Tamagostad Gulf, Maka Lagoon
- Inhabitants
- Makara (sea devils) and shark steeds
- Fauna
- Eels, tropical fish, seaweed, shellfish
- Separates
- Eria from Tamoanchan
- Connects
- Tamarack Sound with the Atlantean Ocean and Antillan Channel
- Maka Lagoon
- Largest lagoon on Earth; formed when an earthquake sank a river's banks
- Islands
- Only insignificant rocks, mostly inshore in the side gulfs