Tabachacra
Tabachacra is less a town and more a convention center. A few hundred people live in the suspended temple for structural maintenance and spiritual guidance.
Government
Officially, Tabachacra belongs to the people of the Riverlands. In reality, the bebedos that maintain Riverlanders' spiritual connection to the Great River are the highest authority in not just the village suspended in Mananmantiaña, but along the entire River.
Defences
Tabachacra sits suspended in the hollowed-out center of a mountain. It's only access comes from the spring below it or dropping in from above. Consequently, it maintains no martial forces. The other cities of the Riverlands pledge their defenders to Tabachacra should it be invaded.
Industry & Trade
Tabachacra's WORD are minor miracle-workers. They have healed terminal illnesses, soothed trauma, restored lost sight, and regrown limbs. As often as not, however, their healing teaches acceptance of the places the current has taken the patient. Many folks leave in the same physical condition they arrived in.
No payment is accepted for the WORD's services, and no fishing or harvesting is permitted in Aquavida. The people of Tabachacra are almost entirely dependant on the other Riverlanders.
Infrastructure
Tabachacra is suspended over Aguavida. The central tower, called Casalma, was carved directly from the mountain, the space around it carefully hollowed out and moved to not fill the spring with stone debris.
Guilds and Factions
While the WORD operate as a group, the village as whole acts as a collective. Tabas are isolated from the politics and finances of the rest of the Riverlands and do not have enough trades to form guilds of their own. However, that is not to say that Tabachacra is immune to intrigue or conspiracy.
History
Aguavida has always been a source of reverence and mystical energy. People that lived in Mananmantiaña were equal parts fearful and awed by the impossibly deep wellspring, it's waters clearer and more pure than any rainwater pond on the mountain. Even before Aguavida formed the Great River, people throughout the lonely mountain came to be healed, comforted, or soothed in its waters.
Legend tells of the people that followed the streams extending from opposite sides of the spring, making camps and discoveries and a new civilization along the way. Indeed, Riverlanders trace their ancestry back to those living in, around, and under Mananmantiaña. Of course, not every person left. Those few that stayed behind dedicated their lives to the spirituality of Aguavida. Their descendants became WORD.
Tourism
Tabachacra draws a few pilgrims and acolytes throughout the year, but it sees the most travel during the last week of the year. Riverlanders travel to the spiritual heart of the Great River to renew their connection to it and one another in a holiday known as Renovación del Espíritu. Skeleton crews remain behind to keep the various cities safe and running while everyone is away, and no one stays behind more than one year in a row.
During Renovación, Riverlanders fast and meditate, subsisting entirely on the water from Aguavida for the duration of their stay. It has become a tradition to stop at every settlement on the way back for a shared meal.
Architecture
Casalma's floor is clear crystal to provide an unobstructed view of Aguavida and its ceiling is open to the sky. Blue-green vines wrap around both the central tower and the bridges connecting it to Mananmantiaña. Where the bridges meet the cavern walls, a ring of shops and stores lines the mountain. Ramps and stairs lead downward to the docks while terraced apartments rise upward. Most of these are empty throughout the year, housing the entirety of the Riverlands' population during Renovación.
Geography
Tabachacra lies inside a mountain unattached to a range. The terrain around it is flat, with no foothills so soften the transition between horizontal and vertical ground. Hardy, drought-resistant plants grow comfortably in the thin soil on the mountain's surface, and the moisture from Aguavida allows light-averse flora to thrive around the village proper.
Natural Resources
Like all other settlements along the Great River, Tabachacra has a plentiful source of clean water. Beyond small mushroom farms, the area has little to offer.
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