The port of Fallsgate was situated precisely where the thundering mountain runoff of the western ranges meets the stillness of the Lake Mahyim basin. It was the strategic linchpin of the Ognenstrof and Yisean border. The city clings to a narrow delta of glacial silt, dwarfed by the twenty thousand foot summits that cast the harbor into a cold, blue twilight long before the sun has set on the eastern plains. As one of only two deep water berths for the Ognenstrof freshwater navy, the port is a place of heavy stone piers and massive timbered warehouses, built to withstand the unique pressures of an environment defined by extreme altitude and bottomless water.
Beyond its military significance, Fallsgate serves as the primary conduit for travelers seeking to bypass the long journey along the Mahyim trade road. The heavy ferries departing from its docks represent a terrifying shortcut, striking out across three hundred miles of open water toward the distant Rusmarian shores. To stand on the docks of Fallsgate is to feel the immense scale of the continent. One is positioned between the vertical roar of the western falls and the silent, terrifying breadth of a sea that remains, for many, the most beautiful and dangerous landmark in all of Cendomvita.