The Lysara SagaOscar Weaver

Inherited infrastructure

Water in Lysara

Lysara understands how to operate and isolate much of its water system better than it understands the oldest craft that made the system possible.

How water moves through LysaraA functional flow from the River Saren intake through lift and pressure works, raised conduits, public and private branches, fountains, workshops and upper compounds.01Saren intake

River water enters the urban system

02Lift & pressure

Chambers, wheels and gates raise flow

03Raised conduits

Junctions distribute by elevation

04Branches

Public and private routes divide

Public fountains · workshops · lower householdsPrivate upper branchesOfficials can isolate failed branches; original manufacture remains incompletely understood.
Functional system diagram. It shows established operations, not a complete engineering plan or an explanation of the old crystals' origin.

A strength built on dependence

The Saren enters an urban system of intake arches, lift chambers, pressure works, wheels, gates, settling basins, raised conduits, buried branches and old blue crystals.

Water officials can close a divider and isolate a failed branch. That practical knowledge keeps the city working, but it is not the same as complete knowledge of original manufacture.

City map

Locate Old Works, cisterns and crystal housings.

Magic

Begin with pattern, knowledge and limits.

City

See how water access changes work and daily life.