The Dothis River ran through the two great kingdoms of Thebes and Dorne. It began in the Winter Mountains, where melting snow from the peaks converged, its waters gathering until they formed this river.
Its countless tributaries were part of the waterway network that covered the entire Kingdom of Thebes.
If the Dothis River had not often frozen over during winter, it would surely have become a channel of communication between Dorne and the Kingdom of Thebes, and the Kingdom of Dorne would have grown even wealthier thanks to it.
But if the Dothis River had never frozen over, the Kingdom of Dorne—with all its potential for development—might not have survived to this day.
Where the Dothis River flowed out of the Kingdom of Dorne and into the Kingdom of Thebes stood a guard castle built by the Kingdom of Thebes.
Because the river ran swiftly and was often mixed with ice, the Kingdom of Thebes only dared to establish observation posts along its banks.
Then they built a guard castle halfway up the nearby mountainside.
Every year, the Dothis River went through a thawing season and a freezing season. The water mixed with ice was far too destructive. If a flood came, the surging water and ice would destroy everything along the banks.
Building a guard castle halfway up the mountainside had been a last resort for the Kingdom of Thebes.
However, the rising waters brought by the annual thaw also formed alluvial plains along both banks of the Dothis River, making the land exceptionally fertile.
After years of development, countless people had settled around the Dothis River, and the area had begun to grow rapidly.
Most people gathered at the foot of the mountains. They felled trees from the surrounding highlands for building materials and constructed homes of