Delium

The River Delium is one of the four Great Rivers of Hutori. It begins slap bang in the middle of Falristan. It is a murky river, not nearly as nice looking as the other three rivers.

The name Delium derives from Commander Horrence Delium, an officer on one of Sir John Hutori's ships. Commander Delium landed a boarding party near the river to search for Mashacarans in 1369. No Mashacarans were found, but lots of gold was. Delium was made a rich man, and the large river near the gold mines was named after him. Delium died in 1386, shot by a Mashacara blowpipe whilst Governor of Aurora, Lagard.

The Mashacara didn't settle in the very north of Northern Falristan, which is where the river is, so the river didn't have a Mashacaran name. The river is an odd one, it seems to flow directly east, so it doesn't stray too far from the coast. As such, high winds are frequent there, making it the second hardest river to sail in Hutori, and the fourth hardest in the Northern Hemisphere.

The River Delium is shorter than the River Colon, weighing in aat a total distance of 242 miles.

Next to the mouth of the River Delium is a small village called Delium. It was one of the first Hutorian settlements to be built in Falristan, and it comes with a castle (Delium Castle) and drydock. The drydock doesn'thowever stray onto the river, as it it a popular tourist site.

An average of 71,000 people sail the River Delium each year, compared to 69,000 sailing the River Colon, 67,000 sailing the River Yurondi and 62,000 sailing the Agathar.