Travelers way has for ages been a route of travel for the people in the lands, it is also the longest river in the known civilized lands. It is generally quite safe to travel down due to both the broad and slow nature of the river and the currents. There are the occasional river pirate along the river, but given the generally high traveled nature of the road, and also patrols from settlements along the river, it isn't overly dangerous. There are merchant who spend their whole careers travelling up and down this river trading wares with the different settlements along the way.