The Emerald Valley, The Valley Gates

Long time ago the area of the Emerald Valley was a lake. When the Glada mountain lake emptied catastrophically, the rushing waters flushed the lake and together the waters ran off further along Glada and Yahalma rivers, causing changes to the confluence of the rivers at their joint mouth in what is now Miklasgard City. The lake bottom became a fertile ground for the new Emerald Valley. When the enormous amount of water rolled down the Glada river, it encountered the ridges rising out of the lake and joining the mountains. The waters punched these holes, and also chiseling away some of the rock, forming the Valley Gates, which are also the real gates to the Valley and its fertile wetlands.



Least to say, besides emeralds, sapphire, diamonds (the root of the Yahalma river's name) and gold (what Glada river stands for) titanium, tungsten, and coal, the Valley is one of the most fertile regions of the world, hosting most unusual selection of crops - grapes, apples, pears, peaches, berries, as well as Attland's exotic vegetation and gourmet crops - coffee tree; vanilla, balm and iris orchids; meal (muel) tree; and nectar lily.
Besides exotic trees, the Valley is rich with most unusual views and sights, like these unique river fields, whose shape and fertile soil resemble many river deltas. These river fields are actually medium-sized, perfectly flat islands that are used for crops. Most of the Glada and Yahalma river lengths split into these fields, contributing to the riches of the Valley.

On the Yahalma River side there is also the mysteriously exotic Cycad Valley, rich with the prehistoric cycad trees

I am going to post more photos and art of the Emerald Valley, espcially about the temples and other strange formations.