Overview

The Ashfields are a swath of dark, fertile plots clinging to the lower slopes of the Kaccira Volcano. The ash-rich soil yields resilient and abundant crops. Farmsteads cling in terraces, and irrigation channels steam in the cool mornings, a sign that the mountain still breathes. Though the land yields abundantly, the farmers labor under constant threat from the mountain’s smoldering peak.

A volcanic slope of Kaccira that is being farmed by Il-Heban.

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