Island River Hold

	Holder Forwin Colors: Light green and dark blue. Emblem: Per light green, per Pale Wavy dark blue. Beholden: Southern Weyr Status: Minor Hold Crafthall: Seacraft Hall NPC Location: On the estuary of the Island River.

Island River Hold was built on the foundations of Boca Stakehold on the mouth of the Island River. In the Ninth Pass, Mastersmith Hamian, Lord Toric's brother, built a pier using the plastic pilings found in the river, which had not perished in 2,500 Turns. The roof and wide porches were also repaired. A new large wharf caused this Hold to be a principal transshipment point for people and goods on the vessels moving along the Southern coast and between the South and the North. Trade and fishing are the major industries. These are supplemented by the wide variety of herbs (both medicinal and otherwise) and hunting to be found in the nearby marshland of the river delta; the orchards of prized plums, and Fellis, which grows there in abundance both cultivated and wild. During the Tenth Pass the Seacraft built their hall close by.
Holder Forwin:	Leaving Smithcraft as Senior Journeyman, young Forwin reluctantly took over as Lord Holder at the sudden death of his sire, Carain, from Nemar's disease. Within a short time, his keen analytical mind found creative ways to streamline the loading and unloading of goods at the massive wharf, resulting in a renewed prosperity within the Hold. His unfortunate total lack of a sense of humor and inept social graces has made it difficult for the leaders of Southern Weyr to deal with him but he is faithful in his tithes, down to the last sixteenth of a mark and the last plum. His loving and tactful mate, Kranali, often takes on the role of mediator between her terse husband and those he deals with outside the hold.