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THE
RAVENWING
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These falls located at the Mithral Mountains in eastern Santharia were probably first seen by the Thergerim and thus named UravAnul WaaInn (UravAnul WaaInn), or "True Water Falling". When humans started trading with the Thergerim in the Mithral Mountains they couldn't quite pronounce the name of these falls and corrupted it. The Thergerim may still call these magnificent falls by the old name but most know them as Ravenwing Falls.
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Description. The
Ravenwing Falls start as a cold mountain stream originating high in the Mithral
Mountains. The stream works its way down out of the mountains gaining more
streams until it is a large river when it reaches the cliff face over looking
Mossy Rocks Cove where it falls into a clear
pool hundreds of peds below. The water starts its fall at the top of a cliff
that is rounded the first fifty to one hundred peds. It has worn a groove in
the rock as this white churning water starts its mad run to oblivion. The
locals call this area the Raven's Shoulder.
At the precipice the falls shoot out about two peds only to fall four or five
hundred peds to the floor of Mossy Rocks Cove
below. At the bottom is a clear cold pool, roughly oval shaped about twenty
peds wide and thirty long. The cascading falls slam into several huge boulders
with churning white fury of bone jarring force at the back of this pool. The
savage thunder this produces echoes for hundreds of peds and seems to reach
right into the marrow of a persons bones. There is heavy mist around the falls
being so thick at times that upper areas of the falls seem to disappear. The
mist thins out the further a person is form the falls but always present around
the pool. The whole area around the pool is covered in thick mosses and ferns
giving it a dense green aspect. From the front of the pool a small river
meanders its way easterly until it flows into the Adanian Sea. On the left side
a larger river works its way south along the Mithrals until it finally flows
into the Adanian Sea by Tyr Ethran.
As is often the case with naming things, misnomers occur. Such is the case for
the small river flowing from the pool. It is called Mossy Rock Creek even
though it is a river, albeit a small one. This may have occurred because the
larger river, called Raven River, has probably three times the water flowing
from it.
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Location. The Ravenwing
Falls are on the eastern side of the Mithral Mountains. These mountains in turn
are located in the eastern part of province Manthria along the Adanian Sea. The
falls themselves cascade down the side of a cliff at the back left side of
Mossy Rocks Cove about half a stral south of
the trading route that works its way into Crazy
Woman Pass.
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| Picture description. The location of the the Ravenwing Falls in eastern Manthria. The falls cascade down the side of a cliff at the back left side of Mossy Rocks Cove about half a stral south of the trading route that works its way into Crazy Woman Pass. Maps drawn by Artimidor, |
Myth/Lore. The
inaccessible spring which is the source of the marvellous Ravenwing Falls is
said to be an egg of solid mithril, which a fortunate boy was rewarded with who
befriended an injured raven. It is also said that the Ravenwing Falls represent
a gateway to one of Baveras’ feasting
halls...
Sailors and travelers have used the Ravenwing Falls for centuries as an
identifying landmark. The main reason is because these falls can be seen for
several strals out at sea
and along the eastern coast of the Mithral
Mountains. It is also a convenient way of locating
Crazy Woman Pass, the only pass through these
mountains.
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